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Queenstown | |
Red Tussocks between Te Anau and Queenstown - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Suspension bridge on the New Zealand Cycle Trail en route to Queenstown (left); Lake Wakatipu viewed near Kingston (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Skyline and the Ledge Bungee at the top of Ben Lomond - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Looking out over Lake Wakatipu to the Remarkables from the top of Ben Lomond - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Queenstown from Ben Lomond which rises to 1,748 metres (5,735 ft) behind the town - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Beach Street (left) and Lake Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
The TSS EARNSLAW was built in Dunedin in 1912 and dismantled and sent by rail to Kingston on Lake Wakatipu - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
The twin screw steamer makes several daily trips on the lake in the summer months - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
The ship is capable of 13 knots and is powered by two triple expansion 500 hp steam engines - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
The EARNSLAW is coal fired and passengers have limited access to the engine room and can observe the boiler room - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Evening dining cruises to Walter Peak are popular - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
After the ship berths at Walter Peak passengers go ashore for a buffet dinner at the nearby Colonel's Homestead (left) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Deer grazing at Walter Peak Farm (left); a demonstration of sheep handling using a border collie and a huntaway - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
The border collie (above) makes eye contact with the sheep while the huntaway barks at them; sheep shearing demonstration (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
All aboard for the return trip to Queenstown (left); jetboat in Queenstown Harbour the following morning (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Dart River and Shotover jet boats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |