Steamer Wharf
Lakefront wharf and dining precinct where a coal-fired nineteen-twelve steamship still berths.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Steamer Wharf in Queenstown is about the people who have kept one old lake steamer moving since nineteen twelve, and the hot, dirty job below her deck. It reaches back to the decades when Lake Wakatipu was the only road to the high-country sheep stations, and to the crew who loaded wool and livestock here. Best heard on the wharf beside the steamer's berth.
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