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The lake is a popular recreation spot, especially during summer. Popular activities there include boating, camping, horseback riding, and swimming.
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Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) [3] is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District.. The town located on the northwestern edge of 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 ...
Lake Hayes (Māori: Waiwhakaata) is a small lake in the Wakatipu Basin in Central Otago, in New Zealand's South Island. It is located close to the towns of Arrowtown and Queenstown. The southern end of the lake is close to State Highway 6, while the western side is bordered by Slope Hill. The main area for access to the lake is the northern end ...
The Kawarau gorge's first historical significance was as a travel route to the South Island's West Coast.A natural bridge, "Whatatorere", where the river narrows to 1.2 metres (3.9 ft), was important first to early Māori and then to goldminers as the only place the Clutha and Kawarau rivers could be crossed without boats.
The Queenstown suburb of Kelvin Heights sits at the narrow isthmus between the two parts of the peninsula. It is one of the most expensive suburbs in New Zealand in which to buy a house, with the median house value at about NZ$1 million in 2005. [ 7 ]
Stone sign at the entrance. Before the 2023 census, Lake Hayes Estate had a smaller boundary, covering 1.94 km 2 (0.75 sq mi). [1] Using that boundary, Lake Hayes Estate had a population of 2,139 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 540 people (33.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,569 people (275.3%) since the 2006 census.
Puzzling World, originally a single level wooden maze at Wānaka in the Queenstown area of New Zealand, opened in 1973. [1] It was the brainchild of Stuart and Jan Landsborough who had been forced to sell their house to raise money for the venture after being refused a bank loan. In the first year the park received 17,600 visitors.