Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
Artist
Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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Queenstown panorama - Aerial view of downtown Queenstown town centre Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables mountain range surrounding the area of Queenstown New Zealand South Island
Lake Wakatipu is an inland lake (finger lake) in the South Island of New Zealand. It is in the southwest corner of the Otago region, near its boundary with Southland. Lake Wakatipu comes from the original Māori word Whakatipu wai-māori
Lake Wakatipu is renowned for its scenic beauty, being surrounded by mountains. The Remarkables mountain range lies along its southeastern edge. It is a popular venue for adventure tourism, with skifields, paragliding, bungy jumping and tramping tracks within easy reach. A vintage steamboat, the TSS Earnslaw regularly plies its waters.
Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.Queenstown is known for its commerce-oriented tourism, especially adventure and ski tourism.
Queenstown boasted 220 adventure tourism activities. Skiing and snowboarding, jet boating, whitewater rafting, bungy jumping, mountain biking, skateboarding, tramping, paragliding, sky diving and fly fishing are all popular.
Queenstown is a major centre for snow sports in New Zealand, with people from all over the country and many parts of the world travelling to ski at the four main mountain ski fields (Cardrona Alpine Resort, Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Treble Cone). Cross country skiing is also available at the Waiorau Snowfarm, near Cardrona village.
The 100-year-old twin screw coal fired steamer TSS Earnslaw traverses Lake Wakatipu
Alamy reference MH7PKB
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January 6th, 2020
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