Queenstown

South of the 45th

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March 25th 2011
March 18-20 Queenstown Also known as the ‘Adrenaline Capital of the World’ and for a good reason. If there is a hill, there is a platform on it for jumping, flying, or diving off of. The there is the jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, sliding along cables and swinging over cliffs. You name it, if it creates an adrenaline rush, it is here. Our only attempt at fun was riding the cabl ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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