News

Many of Queenstown’s most popular pubs are located lakeside. But there’s only one that sits actually on Lake Wakatipu. In fact, Perky’s exists as the only floating bar in all of New Zealand.
Queenstown is a party town, from the lakefront where budget travelers flock with six-packs of beer, to classic pubs and swanky cocktail parlors, including Upstairs @ The Bunker. Above the ...
In the mining hub of Queenstown, at the foot of the Mt Lyell mine, two formerly bustling pubs have been handed over to administrators. The owner of both the Mount Lyell Motor Inn and the Railway ...
Its name tripped off the tongues of Queenstown visitors so often, I couldn't not go. It is a little hidden away from the bustle of town, tucked behind a pub and the old courthouse. It's bright and ...
The appetite for tequila and mezcal is exploding around the world and Queenstown has agave-based spirits covered with the recent opening of Little Mez. A speakeasy-style basement bar, the 42-seater is ...
After wowing audiences throughout Australia, the ageless pub rockers have only enhanced their reputations as Australasian rock royalty. Mike Thorpe went to Queenstown to see what they’ve got ...
Queenstown, New Zealand, wouldn’t be Queenstown if it weren’t far away from everything—more than three hours’ flight from the closet foreign city of Sydney, a long transpacific slog from ...