First site of the Southern Alps!

Off to Queenstown!

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August 15th 2012
Up at 6am so that I could get an early start on the 7+ hour journey to Queenstown. Packed up and followed Anita on her way to work so could find the highway easier! As I left Christchurch the drizzle grey morning was broken by the sun and the weather looked good for the journey. I am not sure if you know but Bee, my college wife (its a Durham thing), is a Kiwi and lived in Ashburton about an ho ... 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