Iconic Queenstown View from Skyline Gondola

Day 8: Queenstown + Glenorchy + Arrowtown + Wanaka

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December 25th 2011
• Jamie: OK, so what I want you to do – is run as fast you can and jump off that cliff. • Me: What?... THAT cliff? *shock in terror* • Jamie: Yes. • Me:… no, no… I can’t do it… *silently thinking of backing out of this* • Jamie: Come on, you need to put more commitment to it. Run, and then jump. Is that man crazy? No, I’m the crazy one. Because I p ... 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