Queenstown

These pictures are of our base town in the South Island, Queenstown. Both pics feature The Remarkables, the mountain range in the background, and Lake Wakatipu. Most of the skiing in the area is actually behind where these are taken. The pic with the cables in view is from the ridiculously steep gondola at sunset. The other is from our hotel balcony(!). Queenstown is a pretty great town. You can do almost anything from there. Some prefer nearby Wanaka for being a little less touristy and a little more quiet. But Queenstown was pretty great, I thought.