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'I fly', 'No Petrie, you fall'

June 20th 2008
Into the blue, or perhaps out of it, our never-ending quest to take part in just about anything the world could throw at us took another step forward this week when the world threw us 140ft straight down. At the 'World Home of Bungy' we, rather heroically I felt, lept off a bridge with nothing but a giant elastic band and a hangover to keep us company. It was an early winter morning when we and 8 ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

New Zealand Flag 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
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