Camping squad

Insanity on the South Island

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April 8th 2006
Yeah, that's me doing the biggest bungee jump in New Zealand - the Nevis bungee, 440 feet. All 3 of us came back to Queenstown yesterday so we could jump together, and at 8am this morning we found ourselves on a 40 minute, off-road bus ride up a mountain to the bungee site. It's hard to explain how utterly terrifying the jump was. The trick is to just forget every bit of common sense and human ... 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