.The square shaped province of Otago is situated at the bottom of the South Island and is divided into North Otago and Central Otago. The area is traversed by many rivers like the Shotover River, seen in these two pictures (above and below). The Shotover River is a favourite playground for jet boaters, white water canoeists and rafters and is enjoyed by many adventurers year round.

To find out more about jet boating on the Shotover River click here, or for a link to
a great site where you can find out much more about Queesnstown click here.

Fox Glacier, seen here from Cone Rock, glints in the majestically in the bright sunlight.
The glacier is 13 km's long and was named to compliment Sir William Fox, who visited the
area while Premier. At least since 1930 Fox Glacier advances and recedes according to the
weather, but has been continuing to recede over recent years.

Near Queenstown lie The Remarkables, pictured here. The range, which become snow capped in winter, form a much photographed barrier - from the giants "knees" to his "toes." The range was sculpted by the Pleistocene glacier that occupied the lake bed, and now rises to 2,342 mtrs at Double cone. This area was once the scene of gold mining and underlain by quartz gravels, lignite and oil shale.

Lake Hayes is known to the Maori as Wai-whaka-ata which means "water that reflects objects." Although famous for it's trout fishing, it is for the beauty of it's setting that Lake Hayes is especially famous. The green farmlands and exotic trees surrounding the lake make it a favourite scene for landscape artists.

Never was a dog more needed than in days of the early sheep farmer. Sadly the early sheep farmers did not care for their dogs properly, but the dogs were loyal to the end and never let their pioneering owners down. Today that debt is recorded on the shores of Lake Tekapo by a memorial sculpted by a local farmers wife. It stands on the spot once known as Dog Kennel Corner, where "boundary" dogs were tethered.