kawaru river gorge

Queenstown and the Road to Paradise

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January 30th 2010
Heading to Queenstown we called into Arrowtown, an old Gold town that seems to have retained some of its heritager and the buildings looked as if they would have done back in the day. We spent the evening strolling along the old street and parks and enjoyed a few drinks in the beer garden of "The Tap" the most Brisitsh of pubs yet! It was a fantastic place particularly because it was quiet which ... 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