Glenorchy
Lakeside hamlet at the head of a glacial lake, ringed by high peaks and old sheep stations.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to Glenorchy, at the head of Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown, is about appetite and isolation: how a lakeside farming town fed itself for almost a hundred years with no road out. It follows the steamers that came up the lake three days a week, the sheep and cattle stations that loaded them, and two shepherds whose mud hut stood on a spot you can still find. Best heard in the middle of town, within sight of the café.
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