Finally Sara gets a decent car

Queenstown ( Part 1 )

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December 9th 2005
So we're up here in Queenstown for a whole week. We've decided to split this into at least a couple of blog entries because we're here for a while, there's lots to do and we might not survive all the activities. So far, summer has returned and Queenstown is looking pretty good. We've walked up and down the local hill/mountain, stopping for 5 rides on the tea-trays that pass for a luge at the top o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Queenstown

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more