Mountain Scene
By GUY WILLIAMS
Electronic funk will welcome winter to Queenstown this weekend when a New Zealand music icon takes centre stage at Earnslaw Park.
Headline act Laughton Kora performs from 7.15pm tomorrow as part of Destination Queenstown’s scaled-back version of WinterFest, Welcome to Winter.
There’ll also be a packed line-up of talent hitting the stage from this afternoon, including on-the-rise girl band No Man’s Land, country singer Jackie Bristow and indie electronic
duo DUAL.
7pm, and a performance by Queenstown Salsa.
Today’s schedule was meant to include the Cardrona Legends of Steel Rail Showdown, but the lack of snow on the mountains until this week’s dumping forced its cancellation.
Wolves of Queenstown Sir Michael Hill s world-renowned golf course, The Hills, has a pack of 110 giant bronze wolves circling a three-tonne warrior. The sculptures are only open to members of the exclusive Hills Golf Course and visitors to the Lodge at the Hills. If you re lucky enough to be one of them, you also get to explore a growing collection of other pieces, like five iron-cast Clydesdale horses, scattered around the golf course.
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Each wolf weighs between 200kg and 300kg. If you can t get a reservation, try your luck spotting them from a hot air balloon. While pilots can t control the balloon s direction (it s at the mercy of the wind), Sunrise Balloons often swoops in over the course.