Shotover River
Swift river winding through narrow rock canyons, known for high-speed jet boat rides past the walls.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Shotover River near Queenstown follows a single boat trip in nineteen seventy-two, when jet boat owner Trevor Gamble pulled up at the bottom of the first gorge and an elderly repeat passenger spoke before he could. It reaches back to the Melhop brothers and their little five-seat boat at Arthur's Point, and to the tiered seats you can still see today. Best heard looking down into the canyon as the jet boats pass.
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