Beach and QT

Arrival of Queenstown ahhhhhhhh, let the shenanigans begin

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November 22nd 2009
Leaving Wanaka at 9am this morning and heading down to Queenstown woooo…Another scenic journey, not that im getting bored of the amazing mountains but it just takes so long to get everywhere. I suppose though we are travelling down a whole country On the way we stopped at the 45th parallel. For most people that don’t know, the world is on an axis, 90 degrees to the worlds axis is like 90 degr ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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