Rachael at Coronet Peak

Queenstown

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September 19th 2006
We stayed for a few days in Queenstown on the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown is New Zealand's centre of extreme sports, where you can do anything from bungy jumping to rafting to sky diving. We managed to avoid all of those activities but we did spend a day skiing at Coronet Peak, although I seemed to spend more time falling over than skiing as it was only the second time I had done it. We ... 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