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- One of New Zealand’s top travel destinations is Queenstown. The city sits on Lake Wakatipu . . .
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- . . . in the shadow of mountains called the Remarkables.
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- Queenstown’s population is around 12,500 but in the summer and winter, tourists can outnumber residents 3:1.
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- Queenstown hosts 2 million visitors a year! With schools out, we were here at a very busy time.
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- The city reminds me of a Colorado resort town. There is a lot of good shopping,
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- many great places to eat . . .
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- and LOTS of traffic. Great place to visit but not where we chose to stay.
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- Instead we based ourselves 15 minutes away in historic Arrowtown
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- Arrow River
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- Nick and Maddie had many places to run.
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- Dorothy Brown’s old fashioned theatre was a fun night spot.
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- One day, we drove to Glenorchy, a small town 45 km north of Queenstown.
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- The drive was incredible.
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- Beach at Glenorchy
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- The Queenstown area is known as the Adventure Capital of New Zealand. Bungy jumping was invented here and any extreme sport you can imagine can be experienced here.
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- This ravine is home to the Shotover jet boat. One of their boats crashed while we were in town.
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- Skydiving is another popular activity and Maddie decided to go for it!
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- Before.
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- During.
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- After. Great job!
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- All too soon, Nick and Maddie had to head back to LA . . .
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- . . . and our next visitor arrived!!
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- Queenstown.
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- Arrowtown. And the next chapter begins . . .
