Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has an urban population of 15,450. The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the town, Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill.

Road from Wanaka to Queenstown

Crown Range Summit. There is a good view on double conical mountain and Queenstown lake.

Queenstown from above.

Lake Hayes

Lake Hayes

Lake Wakatipu. With a length of 80 kilometres, it is New Zealand's longest lake, The lake is also very deep, its floor being below sea level, with a maximum depth of 380 metres.

View of Lake Wakatipu from the shore.

View of Lake Wakatipu from the Queenstown-Glenorchy Road.

Queenstown-Glenorchy Road

Play with a good day

Arrow town

Lake Hawea

Albert Town Campground

Artist playing in the Sunday Market, Queenstown

Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables

The Remarkables mountain range

The Remarkables mountain range

Sky dive.

Forest on the mountain

A super rainbow

Recreation Ground Carpark

Another rainbow

Where we stay

Winter morning

First visit in 2016

Glenorchy

Glenorchy Wharf

Glenorchy-Queenstown Road

Meet Gary in Glenorchy

A remarkable town in NZ.

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