Walter Peak High Country Farm Queenstown

Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown , South Island, New Zealand - Phone: 64 3 249 7416

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    Queenstown

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    Arrived at the hotel, the Rydges Lakeland Resort, MAP, GPS(45 02 06.85S, 168 39 07.27E) in the early evening. The hotel was right in the center of town with all guest rooms facing Lake Wakatipu, across the street,The rooms were nice, but the view was fantastic. At dinner a great fireworks show, totally unexpected, started outside the windows. This …

Related BlogsWalter Peak High Country Farm Queenstown

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    Life is just a box of fluffies

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    ... as the sun began to set. The following day we went on a boat trip to the other side of the lake - Walter Peak High Country Farm - on the steamer TSS Earnslaw - TSS standing for Twin Screw Steamer - built in 1912. We were shown around the farm ...

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    Breathtaking views, fresh air and Adventure

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    ... we looked out over the water and sighed...well my love yet another possibility for retirement" I concur!!. We arrived at Walter Peak High Country farm and were met by an hilarious farmer who was our guide and his very hyper sheep dog. The dog was ...

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    Sheep Shearing

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    ... for tomorrow and we decided to take to TSS Earnslaw, the last passenger carrying steamship in the southern hemisphere, to Walter Peak High Country Farm.  There we were introduced to deer, sheep, alpaca, and Highland Cattle before watching a dog herd ...

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    Queenstown day - Walter Peak High Country Farm

    ... of the Lake, or TSS Earnslaw - a steam ship- which took us across a (small) part of the lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak High Country Farm. Seth was delighted to be able to witness the stokers shovelling coal into the boilers and to be able to run on deck. ...

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    Southern portion of South Island, NZ

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    ... after Mt. Earnslaw) Vintage Steamship. We saw the coal being loaded before we could get on board to tak us to Walter Peak High Country Farm for a BBQ lunch and tour of the sheep farm. This steamship launched by the NZ Rail in 1912 is the last surviving ...

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    Arrowtown/Walter Peak Station/TSS Earnslaw

    ... a degree of shovelling, guaranteed to keep the stokers fit.  As we approached Walter Peak Station or now termed Walter Peak High Country Farm I was heartened to see how clean and well-kept the gardens and farmyard were.  We disembarked by the ...

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    Jet Boating and America's Cup Yacht sailing

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    ... keen on doing a trip on TSS Earnslaw, a heritage coal-fired steamship built in 1912. We had a 40 minute crossing to Walter Peak High Country Farm,a typical high country sheep farm. After lunch we sedately sailed back, a bit like sailing on the Waverley. ...