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OhioGuy Mar 29, 2020 3:00 PM

Beautiful Queenstown and Milford Sound on New Zealand's South Island
 
This past January, after visiting Auckland, Napier, and Wellington on New Zealand’s North Island, I flew down to Queenstown on the South Island.

I sat on the right side of the plane, which gave me a wonderful view of the Southern Alps as we made our way towards Queenstown.
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Landing in Queenstown
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After checking into my Airbnb, I made my way to the gondola to head up above Queenstown
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Now a few scenes from the centre of Queenstown
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Wandering along the lakefront
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The appropriately named The Remarkables across Lake Wakatipu
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The view from my bedroom in my Airbnb one morning as a shower passed by. Quite lovely!
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I headed downtown to get some coffee from a pretty good little coffee shop
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After coffee, I took the bus about 25-30 minutes away to Arrowtown, which is an old historic gold mining town founded in the 1860s. I spent the morning checking out the cute main street
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The Arrowtown Chinese Settlement
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I stopped here for lunch before catching the bus back to Queenstown
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On my third day in Queenstown I opted to take a bus tour to Milford Sound, which included a gorgeous drive through the Fiordland National Park to reach the coast. After leaving Queenstown and driving several hours, we stopped for about 30 minutes in Te Anau, the final town before entering the national park
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Views from along the waterfront of Lake Te Anau
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Now heading into Fiordland National Park
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Arriving at Milford Sound
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Heading out into Milford Sound
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Back on land after a great time out on the water
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After the day trip to Milford Sound, I woke up to these lovely views from my Airbnb bedroom
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I spent my final morning in Queenstown just wandering around and enjoying the remaining time I had left
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I headed to the Queenstown Botanic Gardens
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Walking back towards the centre of Queenstown
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And that’s it from Queenstown. I headed off to the airport and departed for Sydney.

JMKeynes Mar 29, 2020 4:25 PM

INSANELY GORGEOUS!!!! :cheers:

plinko Mar 29, 2020 5:47 PM

Stunning...truly. Love the colors in the water contrasting with the landscape.

LouisianaRush Apr 3, 2020 6:20 PM

Just beautiful.

xzmattzx Apr 4, 2020 2:20 AM

Nice pictures! It looks like a great town! That lake looks like a nice place for a swim, too!

geomorph May 23, 2020 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhioGuy (Post 8877669)

This is a very dramatic landscape, more so than I had imagined. Thank you for the tour!

Coldrsx May 23, 2020 1:09 PM

Stunning.

downtownpdx May 23, 2020 3:32 PM

So beautiful!! Planning a trip to NZ sometime in the near future, and this will definitely be on our must see list

boden May 24, 2020 12:34 AM

Wow....that is some scenery. Snow capped mountains, water, and shorts weather. Awesome.

AviationGuy May 25, 2020 2:09 AM

I doubt I'll get to visit, but New Zealand is #1 on the list of places in the world I would like to see.

mrnyc May 27, 2020 5:13 PM

just super. geez those are some waterfalls and scenery. wow. and the botanic gardens look great. the urban is just touristy needs filler, ha, but looks very clean and nice.

OhioGuy Oct 12, 2020 4:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AviationGuy (Post 8931630)
I doubt I'll get to visit, but New Zealand is #1 on the list of places in the world I would like to see.

Do whatever you can to make it happen. It's worth it! :)

hkskyline Oct 14, 2020 7:41 AM

That flight between Queenstown and the North Island on a clear day is just the perfect summary of the amazing landscape that I've driven through for a few days. I didn't even want to peel my eyes away from the window for a drink or even to visit the loo.

Great memories ...

mrnyc Oct 14, 2020 3:21 PM

^ wait, you are there now?

we will look forward to you pics too!


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