Sunny taking a break!

The Remarkables

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August 16th 2012
I got up early to drive up to The Remarkables ski fields. The guys had said it would be easy and I wouldnt need snow chains. They were right about the latter but the former.....it was far from easy!!! At first it was bloody scary as there was a big queue of people behind me and I went a bit too quick and started sliding in the steep, stoney corners at the beginning. As I got further up the scen ... 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