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| Tina, Joseph & The Grandma in Tāhuna/Queentown |
Today, Claire Fontaine and her friends have travelled to the south of the island for first time. After visiting the most exciting and beautiful places on the north, the friends continue exploring this wonderful country and they're going to spend some days on the south. They have chosen Queenstown as the first place to be visited.
During the travel to Queenstown, The Grandma has studied two new lessons of her First Certificate Language Practice manual (Grammar 20 & 21).
More information: Countable and uncountable nouns I & II
Queenstown, in Māori Tāhuna, is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. 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.
More information: Queenstown-New Zealand
The Queenstown-Lakes District has a land area of 8,704.97 square kilometres not counting its inland lakes, Lake Hāwea, Lake Wakatipu, and Lake Wanaka. Neighbouring towns include Arrowtown, Glenorchy, Kingston, Wanaka, Alexandra, and Cromwell. The nearest cities are Dunedin and Invercargill. Queenstown is known for its commerce-oriented tourism, especially adventure and ski tourism.
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| Tonyi, Joseph & Claire travel by skyline gondola |
The area was discovered and first settled by Māori before non-Māori arrived. The first non-Māori to see Lake Wakatipu was European Nathanael Chalmers who was guided by Reko, the chief of the Tuturau, over the Waimea Plains and up the Mataura River in September 1853. Evidence of stake nets, baskets for catching eels, spears and ashes indicated the Glenorchy area was visited by Māori. It is likely Ngāi Tahu Māori visited Queenstown en route to collect Pounamu, greenstone.
A settlement called Te Kirikiri Pa was occupied by the tribe of Kāti Māmoe which was situated where the Queenstown Gardens are today, but by the time European migrants arrived in the 1860s this settlement was no longer being used.
A settlement called Te Kirikiri Pa was occupied by the tribe of Kāti Māmoe which was situated where the Queenstown Gardens are today, but by the time European migrants arrived in the 1860s this settlement was no longer being used.
Queenstown is situated on the shore line of Lake Wakatipu, the third largest lake by surface area in New Zealand. It is at a relatively low altitude for a ski and snowboarding centre at 310 metres above sea level on the shores of the lake, but is nestled among mountains. Nearby are gorges plus plains suitable for agriculture.
More information: Lonely Planet
New Zealand is such a down-to-earth place.
Emilia Wickstead
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