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  • Mark and J9Janine WestlundSpring 2025 Trip
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    • Day 76
    • Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
    • ☀️ 63 °F
    • Altitude: 1,020 ft
    • New ZealandQueenstown-Lakes District45°6’36” S  168°32’54” E
    The boat as it arrives in port.
    Boats Specs from 1912Interior (yes, that's Mark (at the table on the right) making friends.Another deck below where we sat (it's all open seating).Seating for those who either want to be outside or were just late to the party.Views from walking around the deck.Actual coal loaded into boilersThere was a little historic section in the front of the boat.Approaching our dining/farm destination.That's the e farmhouse on the right.View of the steamer from the farmhouse shore.The focus of this dog exceeded most people I know.Watch how efficiently this guy shears this sheep!!Approaching Queenstown and the evening lights on our boat.Queenstown at night from the boat.An interior of one of the commercial areas near the port -- pretty fun!

    Cruise

    March 19 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    The TSS Earnslaw is another one of those neat little touristy things to do: cruise up Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown to Walter Peak on an historic (1912 Edwardian twin screw) steamer, enjoy beautiful vistas along the way to Walter Peak High Country Farm where there's an amazing BBQ buffet laid out followed by a pretty neat sheepdog/sheep-shearing demonstration.
    The TSS Earnslaw is the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere.    Read more

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