All about Queenstown – things to do, places to see, and the best Hostel in Queenstown

It's official - we have started our slow march into Winter.  For the sticklers of you, you'll say "but we're always marching towards Winter if it's not Winter, right?", but for a variety of reasons it always feels more 'official' once we hit April.  For starters, if...

Summer and Winter tend to be the most popular periods to visit Queenstown for obvious reason.  However the Autumn and Spring periods often get overlooked for their warmer and colder counterparts.  Fair enough too.  Winter is there for the skiers and boarders (we don’t...

In the last decade the world has watched the exponential rise of the Mountain Bike industry.  We believe this is partly because it's pretty rad to watch the guys and girls 'huck' themselves of crazy cliffs/jumps/anything in their way, but also because pretty much...

We get a lot of questions about the best time to visit Queenstown or New Zealand in general.  Obviously this comes down to personal preference in most cases, and some activities are entirely dependent on a certain season - it wouldn't be exactly ideal to come for a...

For many places tourism is a seasonal affair. The advantage we have in Queenstown is that most activities can be accessed all year round regardless of the weather. While it’s true that the majority of Queenstown’s winter-visitors are only there for the (admittedly...

We've escaped winter’s clutches once and for all and have leapt headfirst into spring. The New Zealand Tourism Guide™ website describes October as a "gardeners' delight", exhorting readers to visit New Zealand's many public and private gardens and enjoy the wonderful...

As we slowly emerge from the icy grip of winter into the warming embrace of spring, we notice that fashions start to change along with the weather; thermals, gloves and winter-jackets give way to reassuringly bland earth-tone sweaters and unnecessarily bright...

You've probably heard this statement at one point in your life or another.  Typically - or at least in our experience - it's stated just after a missed opportunity, when it feels more like salt in the wound, and probably pretty unappreciated at that point.  It's all...

She's an erratic and unreliable entity at the best of times, and you'd be wise to remain cautious even when everything looks calm on the horizon.  Or at least that's how we do things in New Zealand.  We'd like to say there's at least 1 season in our spectrum that is...

To most outsiders living in a resort town must seem like an idyllic existence. After all, your home is a vacation destination for millions. People from all over the world spend their hard earned money for the privilege of visiting and spending time in a place that you...