Speed Demon

Day 1 of Eastlands Camping Trip-Rotorua

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November 20th 2006
Well....after about a week of Melissa being here and settling in, we decided to go on a camping trip. So, we packed up our X-Trail and headed off. First stop was Rotorua. Here we spent a beautiful afternoon on the Skyline luge rides. There are several tracks winding down the mountain and you take a gondola a chair lift to the top and then ride down. It was SO much fun! Dennis has been going since ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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