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Amorielli Vol. 2 · No. 03 · March 2026 Portfolio p. 25

Portfolio · Vol. 2 · No. 03 · March 2026

Queenstown in pictures

9 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in Queenstown, printed large. Photographs by Σ64, Vera & Jean-Christophe from Europe, Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo portfolio, Simon_sees from Australia, Bernard Spragg, Neill Kumar neill_blue, Donaldytong, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

Queenstown on a bay of Lake Wakatipu with the Remarkables range rising across the water under autumn light. — Queenstown sits on a bay of Lake Wakatipu, with the Remarkables rising straight out of the water across from the town.

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Autumn leaves in gold and red along a tree-lined street of old stone cottages in Arrowtown. — Arrowtown's imported oaks and sycamores turn through April and May, the reason many visitors time a Queenstown trip to the southern autumn.

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The road to Glenorchy running along the shore at the head of Lake Wakatipu beneath high mountains. — The lakeshore road to Glenorchy runs about 46 kilometres to the head of the lake, then gives way to gravel toward Paradise and the Dart valley.

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Rows of grapevines in the Gibbston Valley wine country near Queenstown, with dry hills rising behind. — Gibbston, along the Kawarau gorge about twenty-five minutes from town, is Queenstown's nearest wine country and is planted mostly in Pinot Noir.

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A wide view of Queenstown Bay with a town along the waterfront, surrounded by tree-covered mountains, under a clear sky. A gondola station is visible on the upper left mountain. — Readers are looking at Queenstown Bay in morning light, showing the town center and waterfront with a gondola top station on the left mountain.

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An aerial view shows a large lake reflecting sunlight, bordered by a forested mountain with a winding road, under a sky with clouds. — An aerial view of Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand, shows the lake's surface reflecting light alongside a forested mountain with a road.

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A river with gravel banks flows past a stand of trees with golden autumn leaves, reflecting in the water, under a blue sky with a mountain in the background. — The Arrow River in New Zealand, with its banks lined by trees displaying autumn foliage, reflects the colours of the season.

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A person in a hat stands with their back to the camera, looking across a dark lake towards snow-covered mountains under a blue sky with clouds. — A view over Lake Wakatipu from Devil's Staircase lookout, showing snow-capped mountains across the water.

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A wide view across a lake to a tree-lined shore, with snow-capped mountains partially covered by clouds under a blue sky in the background. — This photograph shows Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkable Mountains in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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