Queenstown

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November 12th 2006
1 November, Wednesday... So much to update this time around... Stayed in Queenstown for a couple more days. Without wanting to spend too much more money we walked to the botanical gardens (not so great but good view of Lake Wakatipu), headed up the gondola (cable car to you and me) to the nearby peak (don't know the name), where we went for the cheapo 'extreme' luge down a track at the top ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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