Call 999 (Actually 111 in NZ)

A giant bush fire blazes in the distance (the orange blobs)across the Remarkables range. Apparently it was a controlled fire that became very much out of control. It's a long way away (nearly 5km) so you can imagine how big it was!

Goodbye Queenstown, Thanks For The Memories

September 20th 2006
This is just a collection of our photos we have from Queenstown over the last couple of weeks and a few goodbyes to the friends we've made along the way. It was a hectic time in QT with lots of people coming and going - a result of the lack of recent snowfall and end of the Winter season. Al, a young scallywag from England (but actually of the Cameron clan of the Scottish highlands) headed off b ... read more

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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

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