queenstown Archives - I Wander Travel Blog, Itineraries & Guides, Hotel Reviews Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:12:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://iwandered.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.jpg queenstown Archives - I Wander 32 32 Memories of NZ Pt2: A Town Fit for a Queen https://iwandered.net/memories-of-nz-pt2-a-town-fit-for-a-queen/ https://iwandered.net/memories-of-nz-pt2-a-town-fit-for-a-queen/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:12:43 +0000 http://iwandered.net/?p=867 An old story goes that Queenstown got its name after a local gold digger proclaimed the town to be fit for then Queen Victoria of Great Britain. No queens roam the town currently but it is host to possibly a million or more visitors a year. While there are doubts to the story’s veracity, for...

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