Smell the Fear! 360 Spin

Smell the Fear!

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February 16th 2007
Part 2 Queenstown 14/02/07 - 15/02/07 Jet Boats, the ‘Luge’ and The Nevis!!! We’d barely been in town 5 minutes when we were whisked off to the Shotover River for the Shotover Jet Boating experience. The boats displace 800 liters of water a second and can run in about a foot of water, flying next to the river canyon walls at speeds of up to 80kph. The trademark of the jet boat rides is the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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