Birds Eye View

Luging Down the Mountain - woo hoo!

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January 27th 2008
Ooooohhhhhh how nice it is to have a lie in! The beds here are so comfy and apart from the lad who was staying in our dorm last night and snored louder than my dad (I honestly woke up at one point and thought I was back home!) it was one of the best nights sleep so far here in the South Island. As we are here for 2 more days, we've decided to use Queenstown to regenerate and chill so at 10.3 ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » 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