Queenstown, Yeni Zelanda, Yeni Zelanda: yıl boyunca neler var

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Yeni Zelanda genelinde Summer holidays

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Great Walks season (25 Eki – 30 Nis), Lupins along the roads (15 Kas – 5 Oca (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay

Şubat ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Great Walks season (25 Eki – 30 Nis)

Ara sezon — iki zirve arasında

• Tatil

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 NisPaskalya ve Kutsal HaftaKalabalıkErken rezervasyonKapanışlar

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday most shops must stay shut unless local rules or a tourist-area exemption let them open. New Zealanders make it a long weekend away, so motels, holiday parks and campsites fill. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Great Walks season (25 Eki – 30 Nis)

Çok kalabalık — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Doğa

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5 Nis – 5 May · genelde

  The poplars and larches in the old gold town turn through late April, which is the one thing every New Zealander drives here for out of ski season.

• Festival

  Arrowtown Autumn Festival

  15–19 NisBüyük festivalKalabalık

  Five days built around the colour: a street parade, a market and the town at capacity while the rest of the district is between seasons. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Anzac Day

  25–27 NisResmî tatilKapanışlar

  25 April remembers those who served in war. Dawn services are held at memorials in towns across the country, and by law most shops stay closed until 1 pm. When it falls on a weekend the public holiday moves to the Monday. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Easter long weekend (3–6 Nis), Great Walks season (25 Eki – 30 Nis)

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay

Mayıs ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5 Nis – 5 May (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Ski fields open

• Açılış

  Ski fields open

  13 HazKayak sezonuKalabalık

  Coronet Peak and the Remarkables open in the second week of June, with a snow-factory head start on Coronet from late May. The town fills within a fortnight. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  Ski season

  13 Haz – 11 Eki · geneldeKalabalık

  Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Ski season

• Tatil

  New Zealand school holidays

  4–19 Tem · geneldeKalabalık

  The winter term break puts the whole country on the mountain at once; the first week of July is the hardest fortnight of the year to find a bed or a lift ticket. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ski season (13 Haz – 11 Eki (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Ski season

Ağustos ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ski season (13 Haz – 11 Eki (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10–12 EylMüzik festivaliKalabalık

  An alpine music festival at the end of the season, when the snow is soft, the days are long and the town has one last busy week in it. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ski season (13 Haz – 11 Eki (genelde))

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Ski season

• Kapanış

  Ski fields close

  4–11 Eki

  Coronet Peak shuts in the first week of October and the Remarkables a week later, which starts the emptiest month of the Queenstown year. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  Great Walks season

  25 Eki – 30 NisPatika sezonuErken rezervasyon

  The Routeburn and Milford huts run on booked, serviced season rules for roughly six months; outside it the bridges come out and the passes are an alpine undertaking.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ski season (13 Haz – 11 Eki (genelde))

Ara sezon — iki zirve arasında

• Doğa

  Lupins along the roads

  15 Kas – 5 Oca · geneldeKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenme

  Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks. They are an invasive weed and photograph beautifully anyway. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Great Walks season (25 Eki – 30 Nis)

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Christmas Day closures

• Tatil

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 AraNoel ve yılbaşıKapanışlar

  Christmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too. Boxing Day is a public holiday as well, when shops reopen for the sales and the roads fill with families heading off on summer holiday. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Great Walks season (25 Eki – 30 Nis), Lupins along the roads (15 Kas – 5 Oca (genelde))