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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, Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo portfolio, Krzysztof Golik, Bernard Spragg. NZ, 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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A small timber cottage with a blue-green iron roof and a red door standing under trees in bright autumn leaves 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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A calm lake beneath forested mountains under heavy cloud, with the waterfront of Queenstown and moored boats at the right — Lake Wakatipu seen from Queenstown, with the town’s waterfront at the right.

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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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