Adventure Day! 167m!

Adventure Day!

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October 19th 2006
We went on this free tour offered by a company called Stray. It was mean't to be a tour around Auckland but they started off by selecting a name at random to give them a free Base Jump off the 167m high Sky Tower. The tallest building in the southern Hemishpere, the fifth tallest building in the WORLD! And I won it!!! A free 200 dollar prize from a free trip! Not bad really. 😊 The height of ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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