There are various accounts of how the town was named, the most popular suggesting that a local gold digger exclaimed that the town was "fit for Queen Victoria".
We took it easy and just strolled along Lake Wakapitu, New Zealand's longest lake of 80km long.
I love the spectacular views of nearby mountains towards the horizon.
The forest of Lothlórien filmed here, where it was resided by mostly Silvan Elves of Nandorin descent.
A NASA satellite image of the reversed "N" shape inland lake.
Eliss said I got to try Hell Pizza, which is a Kiwi based pizza chain. She read about it on some one's blog and was highly recommended.
Towards the end of last year, they promoted their "Lust" pizza by distributing 170,000 condoms.
Within days, groups such as The Family First Lobby said Hell has "crossed the line of what is decent and acceptable advertising material to be put in letterboxes of families".
There were also complaints that the condom packaging contained "explicit instructions", although it was just the standard instructions.
We had Lust for lunch and it was really good.
We took the steepest gondola in the Southern Hemisphere up Bob's Peak.
We held our breath as it ascended, offering views of Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, over Queenstown and across Lake Wakatipu to Cecil and Walter Peaks.
Truly magnificent and awe-inspiring.
The Fellowship encamped at Dimrill Dale, which was shot at The Remarkables, having escaped from Moria after the loss of Gandalf.
It was the first time I tried the luge, and we had to take the chairlift to the top.
The Scenic track was more suitable for me than the Advanced track .
The braking and steering system on the 3-wheeled luge cart was easy to control. Push down to accelerate and pull back to brake. Simple.
The 800m of gentle gradient and easy bends offered paranomic views of Queenstown & The Remarkables.
I could do this all day!
Just before we left, we saw this flag hung high up. Who says nobody has heard of Singapore?
In search of the Ring, we reached Glenorchy, 13km from Paradise, where Parth Galen was shot.
In the movie, Parth Galen was the place where the Fellowship was broken. Frodo slipped away and Boromir followed quietly, later demanding that he give him the One Ring so that he could save his people of Gondor.
Merry and Pippin were captured by a group of Uruk-hai and orcs, including Grishnákh and Uglúk.
Boromir went on to defend them but was slain. His body was brought back to Parth Galen.
Deeply affected, Frodo stood on the shores of the lake at Parth Galen, prepared to go the rest of the journey to Mordor alone.
It was dinner time when we passed through Te Anau, a sleepy town in Fiordland.
The Keplers Family Restuarant looked decent enough.
I enjoyed the starter of Magic Mushrooms. Crispy on the outside, full of juicy mushrooms on the inside.
The mains were so so, and Eliss commented I made better lamb chops.
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