As part of the stunning Southern Lakes District, the alpine resort of Queenstown attracts over 1 million visitors each year for the world-class snowfields, bungy jumping and huge array of award-winning activities and stunning scenery that can be enjoyed all year round!
A visual feast for the eyes and a buzz for the soul, imagine a place of rugged mountains, clear blue lakes and crystal clean air… welcome to Queenstown.
Wine trails, bungy jumping, jet boating, skiing, tramping, yachting, shopping, dining, clubbing, golf, sky-diving, gondola rides, and so much more, where do you start and how will you fit it all into your holiday?
Considered New Zealand's top all season resort region, Queenstown is located in the lower South Island of New Zealand and is nestled beside Lake Wakatipu and surrounded by towering mountain ranges.
Queenstown started as an 1860’s goldmining camp when the community’s founding father, William Gilbert Rees, established the first farm in the Queenstown area and played a key role in the gold rush that was to follow.
A quick trip
This is hardly a major trip but a small quick getaway after the long winter – we are only staying for 2 nights in Queenstown but it will be nice to get away. This trip is planed for October 2009.
Queenstown is an international resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin lake formed by glacial processes that is shaped like a staggered lightning bolt, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains.
We are flying down from Christchurch on Saturday and returning on Monday – The prices we found online for the flights were pretty cheap:
Flying down : $29 Each
Flying up : $79 Each
We are flying JetStar – see http://www.jetstar.co.nz
We will not have a car while there but a couple of days should mean we do not need one. We may take the boat below for a cruise and just relax and eat some nice food – well that is the plan.
The TSS Earnslaw (above) is a 1912 vintage twin screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu. It is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago. You can go out on tours around the waters of Queenstown. See http://www.realjourneys.co.nz/main/tssearnslaw_wp/
Just have to wait for winter to finish and it has only just begun….
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Thursday, 11 June, 2009 8:02p.m.
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