Sunday, March 26, 2023

Queenstown Scenes

Our last full day in Queenstown we spent--apart from beginning to pack up for our departure from NZ and revisiting Fergburger--walking about town and in Queenstown Gardens, which are situated on a small peninsula jutting out into Lake Wakapitu. 

Autumn is coming

Lake Wakapita is sort of S-shaped; here's a bit of it...from the peninsula

Entering the Gardens

Looking back to the main part of town; the ugly gash is the ski lift
up to the Sky Center amusement park and airport for parasailing 
and other Queenstown adventures; much construction going on

Beehives in the Gardens

Wider view of central Queenstown

The conifers in the middle range of the picture all were introduced
in the 19th century, and Te Papa (Department of Conservation) is
on a lengthy tear to remove all such non-native incursions...above
the green you can see more recent "kill" areas (brown) and older
ones (gray); it's a longer term project, removing the non-native
trees and forests and then replacing them with native varieties...

Among Queenstown's many adventure rides is this shark-shaped
boat that porpoises passengers around the lake...



At rest

A highlight of the walk was watching and learning about lawn
bowling, which one sees all over NZ, and especially the "crown"
version, which has nothing to do with royalty nor empire, but
rather the slope of the lawn, which vastly complicates the game


Maybe next time

In the beautiful rose garden


Other pretties too


Quite a few California sequoias (don't tell Te Papa!)

Proper and elegant way to support an aging oak's limbs...

Auxilium, sculptor: Andrew Rogers

Beautiful place and a nice end to our Queenstown
visit


1 comment:

Tawana said...

That last photo would make a nice poster.