Our final two days in Queenstown were an exploration of the township and
surrounds, which included viewing the fabulous painting by Tim Wilson
that was reported in the Herald. This painting has just fetched the
highest price paid for an artwork by a living New Zealand artist, a
Sheikh from the UAE paid $575.000 for this painting entitled ‘Summer
Rains’ - an impressionistic landscape of Doubtful Sound. This painting
took 2 years to complete and it quite spectacular. It changes
dramatically as the light changes on the painting. We visited the
Goldfields and did a little panning for gold, visited Carrick winery to
see the lovely sculpture exhibition there as well. We lunched at Mt
Difficulty vineyard and passed through Arrowtown and travelled beside
Lake Hayes. We also went on a visit to Cardrona and watched the
‘highflyers’, a visit to Millbrook and a farewell lunch at Jack’s Point.
A fabulous way to end a very enjoyable holiday!! The final image in
this series is of a sculpture done by local artist Mark Hill that is
sited at the Queenstown airport, this sculpture represents the Maori
Chiefs assembled as a welcoming party to welcome all the visitors from
afar!!
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| Dave and Wendy at Mt Difficulty |
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| These are the gold fields, places my grandfather started life in NZ |
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| Time to farewell Queenstown! |
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