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Lake Wakatipu Queenstown
5 Reviews Lake Wakatipu is the South Island’s second largest lake after Lake Te Anau. It is Z-shaped, has a total length of 77 kilometres, and covers 293 square kilometres. It is surrounded by steeply rising...
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The Octagon Dunedin
4 Reviews The Octagon is the central "square" [actually and obviously an octagon] in the centre of the city. It is well laid out with a nice covered walkway alongside the road thru the middle. A variety of...
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Jetboat Rides Queenstown
2 Reviews Although a little "touristy", I think most visitors to Queenstown should try out one of their famous Jetboat rides, because it offers its passengers a safe way to enjoy the sights offered by the...
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In Central Otago , the natural scenery is very beautiful. you can drove past golden fields of grain ,very green farmland and of course vineyards with grape plants growing in rows. In California we have the Sierra Madre Mountains, 'Madre' is Spanish for Mother and 'Sierra means like a saw blade.The mountains of Central Otago really are jagged like a saw a blade, unlike our "Mother Mountains" that are more rounded on top.
Driving up the Skippers Canyon Road, we were granted the rare privilege of the sighting of a New Zealand peregrine falcon - a KareareaOur guide was so excited - these are very rare birds and seldom bother with carrion, preferring to take their prey on the wing - so to see one this close was most unusual. It gave us the best sighting we could have wished for. It was feasting on a dead possum on the road and was not about to leave its meal just because we were on the road. It flew onto a tree right by the road and simply sat there, waiting patiently for us to move on. It really was magnificent and a truly marvellous moment.
just driving through Central Otago, the Maniototo with ever changing landscapes and colours. Autum one of my favorite time, golden Poplars, late evenings..the sky redbrownish...followed by a golden sunset. Lindis Pass definitly one of my favorite road drives
Visit the historic town of Arrowtown. It's not very large and doesn't take too long, although you can while away the time quite easily here!The old town is interesting to walk around, most of the buildings are quite old, from gold mining days.Go shopping, check the Village Green for activity, and be sure to visit the Chinese Village, shown here in the photo.See more photos here.
Drive up Lake Wakitipu and arrive at Glenorchy. This place is very special, so beautiful and mystical. Some of the Lord Of The Rings scenes were filmed in this territory, you can see why.No matter what the weather is, this place will totally blow your mind away. Every kind of day, even rainy, is worth the visit.Take a look at more photos on my Glenorchy page.
The town of Oamaru is unique with all it's buildings made from local White Stone. It's worth a visit here, to see the abundance of these buildings all in a small area, it's not a very big town. The older part of town, naturally, is near the coast. This area has been preserved and is particularly interesting when they re-enact old times. Take a look at my Oamaru page. I love to see the Penny-Farthing bikes riding around during the celebrations of old times.
There is so much history in the Otago Region. Although not very old by world standards, for New Zealand you can find some of our oldest structures here. Gold strikes in 1863 saw towns emerge, St Bathans being one. Here you see the old Vulcan Hotel, reputed to have a resident ghost and maybe why it survived the test of time while 12 other hotels in the same town have not. The old buildings, especially the ones made of stone, are undoubtedly one of my favourite features of Otago.
There is an interesting statue of a man & sheep at the Queenstown waterfront are near to the pier of the Jetboats and TSS Earnslaw. Too bad I did not take note of who was the person on the statue, maybe some of you might know and tell me?
It is the start of autumn when I was in Queenstown, and some of the trees have already started to change colour. One of my fondest memory was seeing the bright red leaves of the trees along the streets of Queenstown, as I have never seen leaves which were so red before.
The 2 most famous rivers near to Queenstown are the Shotover and Kawarau Rivers where a lot of water activities such as jetboating are carried out. There is also a bungee jump off a bridge at the Kawarau River, and this is the first bungee jump in the world.
Browns Boutique Hotel Queenstown
1 Review and 187 Opinions Within stroling distance from the main town. Welcoming and homely. A warm cozey room admist the cold...
858 George Street Dunedin
2 Reviews and 61 Opinions We spent 3 nights staying here. The two rooms we had (1 twin and 1 double) were spacious,...
The Moorings Wanaka
1 Review and 87 Opinions Brilliantly positioned opposite the lakefront right near the heart of the town, the Moorings contain...
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