{"id":1501,"date":"2020-01-14T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:18:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:18:02","slug":"dunedin-to-queenstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/dunedin-to-queenstown\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunedin to Queenstown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today we drove from Dunedin to Queenstown, stopping off at the (former) steepest street in the world, Ranfurly (with it&#8217;s Art Deco architecture), Alexandra, Roaring Meg (a turbulent stream driving a hydro electric power station) and the Kawarau Bridge just outside Queenstown, home of the first commercial bungy jumping site in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-5 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a 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