Things to See and Do in Queenstown
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- Jul 25, 2005: ... chocolate from a store and made our way back to Queenstown to go up to the Skyline Gondola to get a view of the town. Once ...
- Sep 21, 2004: ... ventured along the road and, as in Rotorua, Queenstown had it's own Skyline Gondola cable car up to the neighbouring Bob's ...
- Jun 9, 2005: ... it was only $1 for 6 mins which was plenty of time. The Skyline Gondola was quite near to the campsite so we went on it to ...
- Jul 1, 2008: ... Perfect.
The following day we walked to the top of the Skyline Gondola for impressive views of the city, a hot chocolate, ...
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- Mar 15, 2004: ... braver/richer tourists flinging themselves off the original AJ Hackett bungy bridge (made me feel sick), and the paragliders ...
- Nov 23, 2003: ... River (um, the River Anduin for you LOTR geeks). The AJ Hackett Bungy offices are at that site, so it was a good opportunity ...
- Nov 27, 2003: ... somenthing. We were headed to Wanaka, stopping at the AJ Hackett bungy. Stood on the bridge next to the jumpers and watched ...
- Dec 14, 2004: ... breakfast, quick toilet, quick run up the road to the AJ Hackett Bungy Office to weigh-in, quick toilet, quickly on the bus ...
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- Mar 14, 2004: ... spent the afternoon mountain biking. I had arranged a trip through Skippers Canyon high above the Shotover River. We were ...
- Oct 30, 2004: ... scariest road I have been on yet called Skippers Canyon. There are 2 roads in New Zealand where you are NOT covered for car ...
- Oct 6, 2005: ... is a dramatic jump off a single-span suspension bridge across Skippers Canyon and finally the big one, the one I'm going to ...
- Jan 14, 2007: ... our dorm had somehow convinced Fintan to do the Canyon Swing over Skippers Canyon this afternoon. Steve was booked in to get ...
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- Oct 21, 2006: ... for kiwis now, but after lunch I walked to the Kiwi Birdlife Park where they have several North Island brown kiwis along ...
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- Feb 12, 2005: So from Wanaka to extreme central of New Zealand. Queenstown is a town where you can find any kind of extreme and there is ...
- Dec 14, 2004: Next stop on our trip was Queenstown, the adventure activity capital of New Zealand. We were looking forward to our stop ...
- Feb 23, 2008: ... Since we'd both bungy jumped before we decided on the Shotover jet boat trip and the white water rafting.
The jet ...
- Jan 10, 2008: ... to do the Shotover Duo combo - a ride on the famous Shotover Jet and a rafting trip down the Shotover River.
The ...
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- Nov 27, 2003: ... sunbathed and read book.
Monday 24th November
Horse-riding with Dart stables. Jane pulled Luke and I got Bryan.. he had ...
- Nov 18, 2008: ... to catch our flight. We decided to check out Dart Stables in Glenorchy, home of several Lord of the Rings locations, ...
- Aug 17, 2006: ... plans for the day. We were booked onto two horse treks with Dart Stables - the "Ride of the Rings" in the morning and "Ride ...
- Dec 18, 2007: ... day here I chose to do two different horse treks. Dart Stables took us to locations where various scenes in the ...
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- Apr 24, 2007: ... thank you speech and then they sung the national anthem of New Zealand (Frank should try that one) and rang the bell to end ...
- Sep 25, 2006: ... download pictures on many of the computers in the Australia/New Zealand areas where we are staying.)
Then, we arrived ...
- May 28, 2009: ... 't have been any where near as much fun. Queenstown...WOW...what a stunning place. The most gorgeous autumnal ...
- Nov 2, 2005: ... 's very nice. It has the rows of shops, Queenstown Mall, the harbour where all the sail boats are and bars and cafes and then ...
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- Jan 12, 2009: Queenstown is the outdoor adventure capital of New Zealand. Naturally we were eager to spend some time there so we ...
- Dec 14, 2006: ... Then we drove through pinot noir country, past the Chard Farm Vineyard and stopped at Gibbston Valley Vineyards. With only a ...
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- Jun 21, 2007: ... amazing for snowboarding over the next few days. Also The Remarkables ski area opens tomorrow so we'll have to go up ...
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On the fourth day, we went on a Lord of the Rings tour with Nomad Safaris from 8:15 to about 12:45. It was ...
- Aug 21, 2005: ... trees. I thought I was going to meet some elves, (Lord of the rings tour and a half!) but it turned out to be a little old ...
- Sep 1, 2007: ... they filmed there movies here. You can take a Lord of the Rings tour from Queensland because this is the area in which ...
- Sep 26, 2009: ... through the Botanic Gardens. In the afternoon we did a Lord of the Rings tour, well you've got to haven't you. Pretty cool, ...
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- Aug 13, 2009: ... more time in bottle to show it’s true colours! Peregrine Wines - Just over the road from Gibbston is Peregrine there ...
- Feb 25, 2009: ... -and a few reds, mainly Pinot Noir. The first stop was Peregrine Wines in the Gibbston Valley then had a nice lunch at ...
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- Nov 26, 2005: ... woke up and walked the town a bit before our wine tour, the Queenstown Wine Trail. A cute little bus was in town to pick us ...
- Dec 4, 2008: ... Mancunian.
In other news... today I went on the Queenstown Wine Trail. It was a hell of a time - really ...
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- Aug 13, 2009: ... Mining and they are even growing Pinot on Sluice Outruns! Gibbston Valley Wines – One of the first in Otago, Gibbston ...
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- Apr 19, 2005: ... a little further and join another popular route called the 'Greenstone track'. It takes you deeper south in a further loop ...
- Feb 19, 2005: ... , not listed as one of the great walks, diverts off the Greenstone track. Though much of the first 1/3 of the track went ...
- Dec 19, 2005: ... road that runs through Kinloch continues on to the start of the Greenstone track some 18km away, so a great one to go for a ...
- Feb 22, 2007: ... , bleiben da ne Nacht und nehmen dann den Caples/Greenstone-Track in Angriff (da der Routeburn auf Wochen hinaus ausgebucht ...
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