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Wanaka and Early Queenstown frights

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January 12th 2009
Went a bit bling in Wanaka and had mussles. We also went to Puzzling World and took some pictures fit for a book on optical illusion. Queenstown - scary stuff. I went "River Boarding" which involves floating down a river on a body board, sounds nice ey!? Turns out the river was full of rapids and whirl pools, went at speeds of 20 kph (at least) and was very hard to do. I spent the whole tim ... 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