Friday, October 28, 2011

Queenstown -TSS Earnslaw & Walter Peak High Country Farm plus Glenorchy

Our stay today continues with a visit to the beautiful wild country of Walter Peak High Country Farm, located on Lake Wakatipu's south-western shores.

To access to this lovely farm,  RealJourney offers various packages, which include a short cruise on TSS Earnslaw,  Queenstown’s iconic vintage steamship.  The grand old lady would turn a 100 year old on 18 October 2012.  This year she is 99 years old, that's a good number.



Launched by New Zealand Rail in 1912, the TSS Earnslaw is the last surviving and grandest steamship to have ever graced Lake Wakatipu.  Named after Mount Earnslaw (the highest peak in the region), she is 168 feet in length, 24 feet across the beam and weighs 330 tonnes.


Originally built by J McGregor and Co in Dunedin, the TSS Earnslaw was dismantled and transported by rail to Kingston at the lake’s southern tip for reassembly and launching.



refuelling with coal


berthing at Queenstown

The TSS Earnslaw has since served the remote farming communities around Lake Wakatipu, including the original Walter Peak Station.



Walter Peak High Country Farm is the perfect place to spend a relaxing few hours.  

We chose Farm and Barbeque Lunch Exercusions.  As we have joined Real Journey for our Doubtful Soud trip, we got additional 20% discount, so it only was only NZ$76.00/pax=RM200.00.




My first view of the house..I can stay here forever !  It's so immaculately neat and everyone's dream home.

The friendly host was there to greet us. and those that bought lunch exercusions were guided to the lakeside terrace to savour the enticing aromas.  Our tummies were growling from the aromas of BBQ  sizlling food on the grill. Best Ribs and sausages we had!



After being well fed, we proceeded to the holding pens, where we fed the sheep and yes, step on some droppings




See how the farm dogs rounded up sheep from the hill paddocks.
Old Collie and Baa Baa white Sheeps




After that to the shearing shed.



horns of the rams


Wool Spinning

Surrounding landscape




The grand old lady berthing to bring us home to Queenstown at the end of a funfilled trip.



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