Bumble's Backpackers

Queenstown - bizarre place

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October 12th 2008
Been a while since my last entry, mainly because I couldn't figure out what my password was. Doh! I've spent the last week in Deco's Backpacker's hostel, and I just found a less temporary place to live. A couple guides are moving out of their room and need someone to rent their space for the month they are away. The house is in a spot called Sunshine bay, which is about a 30 min. walk from town ... 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