I see....

So since I don't know much about Queenstown, is there say, a city center or is everything just spread out and you have to go hike a mountain and cross a glacier to borrow a cup of sugar from your neighbor? Damn glaciers!

Also, I noticed there seem to be a lot of cool bars & restaurants around, but is there a decent place to see live music?

I hope I'm not being a pain and thanks in advance for answering my questions. In return, I'll let you have some of my free Jack Daniels once I get there.

Queenstown hasn't reached 'city' status yet due to its population, but they sure are trying. there is a central business district where all the 'town' stuff happens, like shopping, working, drinking, etc.

yes, Queenstown has the highest ratio of drinking establishments vs its population in New Zealand, so yeah, there are a lot of places to go out. as for live music, there is some, but its mainly DJ's. mind you we're having our annual jazz festival in october sometime, and that's 10 days of live jazz all over town.

when do you think you'll be in town?

I'll be in town towards the end of September and am scheduled to stay for a year. It's only 4 weeks away and I'm excited, but starting to get nervous, hoping to find a job, etc. Are you a native of Queenstown?

No, Nathan is not a 'native', there are not that many natvies left, apart from myself i only know of a few others still living here. The social scene isn rather good, Dux De Lux always have a live band on Thursdays & Chicos has Jam night on Wednesdays, it is out there if you hunt it down. It Queenstown, theres bound to be a party somewhere ....

Post edited by: Regan, at: 2006/08/22 02:07

That definitely works for me!

What does a young person in Queenstown do on the weekends, considering there's so much to do outdoors? And as the only remaining native of Queenstown, I imagine most of your time is spent making special appearances at local events; kind of like Miss Universe.

ShaneFK wrote:
kind of like Miss Universe.

damn straight! hahaha

Depends really, Nathan Hunting is a good start. But serriously, because Queenstown is a big tourist place we don't really have a 'weekend' as such, Any day or night of the week there is something going on. Skiing is the major daytime winter activity, in summer a the lake sees a fair bit of action, or you can just wander off into the hills for a look around, there is somehting for everyone.

Miss universe? Regan ? you have more chance of seeing a one legged cat burying a poo on a frozen pond than seeing regan win any beuty contest.Every day is saturday in queenstown,there really is something for everyone from ages 5 to 95,depends what your into,dive into it .the waters fine see you in september

Ive been laughing 24 hours before i replied to this one,teehee!miss universe!omigod!omigod!

Post edited by: greg, at: 2006/08/23 07:22

Post edited by: greg, at: 2006/08/23 08:09

I said LIKE Miss Universe - I'm not calling anyone a girl or saying anyone won a beauty pageant - I'm sure Regan is a very masculine person, but he said that...oh, forget it.

Regan: I'm sorry if the Miss Universe comment came out wrong.
I'm glad to hear that the lake and hills are accessible. I was afraid they'd only be accessible to people who pay for hiking tours, etc. And I LOVE swimming in lakes! And thanks again for all your helpful input.

Shall we continue this in the hobbit thread? We're getting a little off topic me thinks.

Thanks

send shane the coverage map of queenstown,that will give a good idea of the size of town.one thing ive noticed in my five years here is that horrible people dont last long in this town,which means the locals are awesome ,everyone is here because they want to be and not because they have to be.Regan is a top guy he looks after our computer system at work,ive yet to meet nathan but he sounds hard case,like i said ALL locals are great.shane what type of work are you after?most companies here are always looking for staff

Lets move this chat to here, and save this thread for Welcomes.

Cheers

Well theres not much choice for a gift of Jack.

I like Haiku, but wheres the competition? i'm changing the rules. It's not Jack now it's Jon. And he has his black Jacket on whilst walking. Seems like a waste on hobbits and the like.

Come on peoples. We know you come here, the stats say so.

A bottle of Jacks is still up for grabs or maybe we'll change it to suit the winners taste. Let us know what you'd rather win.

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