What is a fun fact about Queenstown?
What is a fun fact about Queenstown? Queenstown is at a latitude of 45 degrees south. Only two other countries in the world, Chile and Argentina, are at the same latitude. The Remarkables mountain range was so named in 1857 by a surveyor Alexander Garvie who called it that after seeing the dramatic razorback mountain range in all its glory at sunset.
Is Queenstown always busy?
With a high turnover of tourists, Queenstown's nightlife is busy every night of the week.
Is Queenstown a tourist trap?
The biggest tourist trap and most expensive place in New Zealand is undisputably Queenstown, but there is a reason why so many people get stuck in Queenstown; it is A LOT of fun!
How old is New Zealand?
The islands forming New Zealand developed as part of a broader continental shield made up of Antarctica and Australia, forming part of Gondwana. Radiometric dating places the oldest rocks in New Zealand being at least 500 million years old.