TSS Earnslaw

Queenstown

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March 5th 2008
On our first day we had a wonder around town and got a feel for the place, James immediately loved it and we booked our activities for the next few days. The next day James got up to do the Shotover Jet. This jet boat goes down the Shotover River in between canyons, doing 360 spins. The river was only 4 degrees so luckily no one got wet! After my near death experience on the first one in Taupo ... 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