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Lazy Bones Cafe on the way to Queenstown - a steep Gondola ride and thrilling luge run on Bob’s Peak

April 9th 2013
Tuesday, 9th April - Day Six: from the Top 10 Holiday Park at Te Anau (pronounced Tee Anow) to Queenstown, 173 km (104 mls). Most of us stopped at Lazy Bones Cafe, an unusual cafe and craft shop about half-way to our destination. The owner and his wife were both truck drivers and had driven huge trucks thousands of miles in New Zealand and the USA. Barry was a real character and full of great s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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

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