At Lake Tekapo

Queenstown

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December 23rd 2006
Here we are eventually in Queenstown, after an interesting journey in our 'Beastie' of a campervan. After some 6km of off roading we arrived at Lake Hawea campsite, a liitle paradise, which we disrupted with our beer drinking antics! Not quite drunk enough to test the water out though. The water was the colour of a Bombay Saphire Gin bottle, vibrant blue! Somehow two northern girls between us mana ... 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