Queensland Area! Exploring New Zealand's South Island - Pt 1 (HD)

Christmas Break travels to the South Island of New Zealand. The South Island is known for its stunning scenery - offering glacial mountain ranges, fjords, isolated towns, world class vineyards, and exceptional hiking. By rental car, we started in Queenstown and over 16 days circumvented the island, ending in Christchurch.
Part 1 explores the vicinity of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu.
Highlights of note:
(00:20) Arrival in Queenstown - walking the lake shoreline.
(01:12) Arrowtown.
(01:53) Old Chinese district Arrowtown.
(02:19) Bennetts Bluff walking track & viewpoint of Lake Wakatipu.
(02:47) Glenorchy - until the 1960’s only accessible by lake ferry.
(02:54) Baakda Park trail and viewpoint.
(03:40) Queenstown evening at Botswana Steak House.
(04:07) Dusk at Queenstown shoreline.

[@DailyPassenger]

Thank you so much for doing this episode🤩. Visited New Zealand in fall of 2021 and this place I honestly made me feel if I could really live here. Such a great overall experience. Love your channel, fan from Bangalore.

[@rockhopperx2]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianishocked]

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[@rockhopperx2]

Thanks! These are fun to do...

[@mach318]

Nice 👍❤

[@rockhopperx2]

Thanks ✌

[@followyourdreams8673]

Where did you stay in Queenstown? Going there in May so doing some research. Great video.

[@rockhopperx2]

Thank you! Yes, we spent two nights (3 days) in Queensland and made excursions from this beautiful town. We then moved on to Te Anau for a couple of days as a launching point to Fjordland and Milford Sound.

[@rockhopperx2]

Lol, forgot to give the name of the hotel - "The Waterfront".

[@rdoumitt1]

why does the gas fire have snaping sounds?

[@rockhopperx2]

It was an actual wood fire! Although I have upped to audio so you can hear the popping.