Jacky boarding

Queenstown - the stuff of legends

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July 9th 2008
Arrived in Queenstown and armed with a 3 day snowboard pass & a credit card for anything that does not suffice! Booked ourselves into a jetboat experience (well if it was good enough for Peter Jackson then its good enough for us!).... and it was. Whole hearted, bloomin good fun!!!! only way I can explain it is like a watery waltzer, lots of speed, lots of giggles and a heated hand rail, what more ... 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