Queenstown Hill Walking Track
Steep forest-and-tussock climb to a sacred summit with a millennium sculpture and sweeping lake views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Queenstown Hill Walking Track in Queenstown follows Arnold Middleton, a twenty-two-year-old who took on this steep hill in the early nineteen-sixties after a respected farmer told him he would never survive on it. It touches his marriage to Isabelle, a homestead built from the remains of a gold-country hotel, and the Māori name Te Tapunui. Best heard where the forest gives way to open tussock.
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