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Day 26 Sunday

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November 28th 2010
Day 26 Sunday In Queenstown....... Mike started the day on the Shotover Jetboat. Awesome! He said if you’re here you’ve got to do it. He looked to be enjoying it too! Then something more sedate – a boat ride across the lake on an old steamboat – The TSS Earnslaw. This was combined with a farm visit where we were introduced to farm animals and saw demonstrations of rounding up sheep with ... 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