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Queenstown Slideshow
Queenstown
Travel Blogs from Queenstown, New Zealand
Sowing the Seeds of Love
This is a top pick! ... especially as I've just told them that I've taken on a lease with Jez on the house, which will mean committing my time here in Queenstown to a minimum of three months, and that I'll be training a new guy up at work in Decemeber so that he can take over ...
Dr John
This is a top pick! ... in, it kind of makes me a part-time nocturnal. As a result, my fascination with knowledgeable Dave has grown to new heights. Some nights I return home around 4am while everyone's asleep to find Dave in the living area packing snow boots, harnesses and ...
Living Life in Queenstown
This is a top pick! ... lake and ate at one of the picnic benches overlooking snow capped mountains and a busy Lake before I took the slow drive back to Queenstown. Matt took me out for a meal on birthday last week to a restaurant in town called Lonestar - it was delicious - ...
So long, farewell...........Queenstown!!!!
This is a top pick! Well, thats it - that is Queenstown, that is New Zealand and that is our New Zealand experience almost all over. And now we are sitting here two days before we leave, looking at each other in disbelief, repeating the words over and over again ...
Little Stuart
This is a top pick! ... For now though, the options can carry on swimming around as they do need more thought. What I can say for certain is that I'm leaving New Zealand, in the not too distant future. Of course, there are still a few more 'must do's' that can't and won't be ...
Geronimo
This is a top pick! ... trip, but I stayed in the van, annoying the wildlife with my guitar and singing. Bumped into a guy that we met in Queenstown who is travelling New Zealand by bike. Maybe I'll do that next time. He said it's boring on his own. I beg to differ. More ...
A couple of days in Queenstown
This is a top pick! ... 4 photo postcards for $10, a bit different from the usual postcards we've been sending home. In the evening we went into Queenstown centre. It's a very small place, and very touristy. There are a lot of good bars though. The first one we went into was ...
LOR Film Sites
This is a top pick! Being geeky LOR fans, we decided to check out Deer Park Heights, an enormous hill 20 minutes away from Queenstown . The hill is privately owned and seems to be mainly used as an animal farm. The park brochure mainly had information on feeding goats, ...
Welcome to EXTREMEville,better known as Queenstown
This is a top pick! ... the coach, I was glad to hear that today we were going to drive a relatively short distance of 112kms to Queenstown, New Zealand's official Extreme town. You can do absolutely anything extreme based here, whether you want to throw yourself off a bridge ...
A flying visit to Queenstown
This is a top pick! ... it was about time I updated. It's more difficult now that I'm actually working for a living. On Saturday I went across to Queenstown for a 21st Birthday Party. I didn't know anyone there apart from Hamish, but that didn't stop me having a really good ...
Changes
This is a top pick! ... make the most of it and claw a little money back to replenish the savings. I was lucky enough to travel, party and adventure my way around New Zealand for all that time and now I need to be sensible and put some fundage back in the pot so I can do it all ...
New Zealand's Playground
This is a top pick! ... a totally random couple come over and ask if you fancy company for lunch?? You'd think they were total freaks. But this is New Zealand, and people are just friendly! They were quite a strange pair, and there were some very funny moments when they were ...
'Erm, would you mind just...'
This is a top pick! ... the summer. January sees me working most of the weekends with the February ones free, and so on. The only snarly one is New Year's Eve - I'm working! December is already looking busy, so as far as adventures and activities go I need to get some plans ...
How bout 'Mo'?
This is a top pick! ... she rang to start the ball rolling she was immediately invited over to the barbecue to meet the housies and see the fantastic new abode. Mannion was just...Mannion, and it turned out to be a top afternoon/evening where the climax involved Jez and myself ...
Every Cloud...
This is a top pick! ...Anyway, back to the positive side: I'm back in Queenstown. I'm sure I've written somewhere before, but Queenstown is the adventure capital of New Zealand. Not only is it the adventure capital of New Zealand, it is also the party capital. To those ...
Settling In
This is a top pick! ... for the tricky demands of the job, and catching up with 'ma bitches'. Shiny was first. The night after I arrived in Queenstown. I decided to surprise her. We'd made a deal long ago that if we were to ever personally recommend anyone for a blind, ...
Queenstown - Home for a while!
This is a top pick! ... as you can see from the piccies! The jobs we have landed are the same kind of thing that we were doing at home, decent money for New Zealand and secure (we hope!). So, now we have a base we are just flat hunting - we shall be seeing 2 flats this afternoon ...
Pigs might fly (but Trotters won't jump)
This is a top pick! ... was all too much for one of the group and he bottled it (the staff kindly gave him his money back). Having over indulged in New Zealand's fine dairy produce I wasn't too suprised to find I was the heaviest, this meant I had the dubious honour of being the ...
Horse-Riding in Glenorchy
This is a top pick! ... November Absolutely lashed down all day. Motel room, trashy T.V. and microwave meals. Saturday 22nd November Gorgeous today, Queenstown is a cool place. The atmosphere is buzzing. Kelvin Heights for 360 degree views over the town, lake Wakitipo ...
The Aftermath
This is a top pick! ... I say? It was a mad one but a good one and as I've been writing this I've just realised that I've been in New Zealand exactly one year today. This time last year I was approaching the west coast of the North Island before arriving in Auckland, checking ...
Quaint Little Queenstown
This is a top pick! ... some new clothes, as it was a little chillier than what we were used to, so a new hoodie and jumpers were needed. However, New Zealand seems like the land that fashion forgot!! All the shops were full of woolen clothes and things you would find on the ...
Chapter 12: Armed only with latex and lunacy...
This is a top pick! ... terrifying, and that's gotta be the fastest $140 (US) I've ever spent, but I loved it and I'd do it again. My whole New Zealand experience is starting to feel like my own personal episode of "Fear Factor," only there's no Joe Rogan, and I'm not getting ...
New Zealand - Queenstown
This is a top pick! ... Shotover Canyon we got our waterproofs and lifejackets on and boarded the boat. The Shotover Jet is the first jet powered boat circuit in New Zealand and is the only one to run through the tight turns of the Shotover Canyon (PICS). The jet boat is needed ...
Mooontains mooontains mooontains and other things!
This is a top pick! ... puppy to be behind the wheel and the mothers became collectively know as the Mother-truckers. 1st stop was halfway to Queenstown in a place called Fairlie where we discovered that our campervan's electricty wasn't working so had no heater or microwave ...
My Electrical Well
This is a top pick! ... we'll see. And then there's Jez and his utterly disturbing recent trauma. Get this: he was bitten by a whitetail spider - New Zealand's only poisonous and very rare, spider - which happened to be basking on the kitchen worktop, poised, and ready to ...
Cat's
This is a top pick! ... and appears to be a genuine and sincere fella. Fingers crossed, it's looking like all is fine and dandy at the Habeke Villas. A brand new era and a brand new season. It's funny though how an atmosphere can change so dramatically. In just those few ...
Bum
This is a top pick! ... Sony, a nifty bit of kit if I may say so. Just a kilo in weight and the size of a sheet of A4, the new TX2 series Vaio's are, how do you say...'sheckshy'. It's perfect for travel, managing photos/videos, keeping a travelogue, flitting around forums and ...
Autumn, ANZAC, Ice and George
This is a top pick! ... of the world, on a different day, here they wear a poppy too. Today is a national holiday in both Australia and New Zealand, a day when they remember their war heroes and they remember those who stood on the frontline at Gallipoli, they remember the ...
Moving onto activity central!
This is a top pick! ... probably been an accessory for some cheap & nasty passion on a Saturday night!! No, it's probably best left in New Zealand. We finally made it to Queenstown at about 4pm. First thing to do was book some activities. We all booked in to have some luge ...