Go Laura!!!

Skydiving!!

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January 3rd 2007
After several days of disappointment due to weather and over booking we finally managed to go skydiving at 12 000ft. What a day it has been!!! Stunning scenery and blazing sunshine! the slight more nervous Laura: Surprisingly I wasn't too scared which for those who know me will know that i have worrying about everything down to a fine art. I had checked mum and dad and i was covered on my tr ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Glenorchy

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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