Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial process, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains.William Gilbert Rees,along with fellow explorer Nicholas Von Tunzelman, were the first Europeans to settle the area. Rees was in search of pastoral land, and after an initial visit returne in 1860 to establish a high country farm in the location of Queenstown's current town centre. However the Rees' farming lifestyle was to be short-lived. In 1862 gold was discoverd in the Arrow River, a short distance from Queenstown.
