Queenstown park

Skiing in Queenstown!

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May 24th 2009
Well here we are in Queenstown. Home for a while...at least until the snow starts melting! Bought our ski season passes, skis, boots and the rest so we are set to go!! Spent the first week of our stay here in a caravan park, but promptly decided to look for a room for the winter as it's pretty bloomin cold. Also after a night of torrential rain we discovered that the van is leaking... right on ... 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