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●  Walking trails   Mountains, the lake or the shops they are yours today
●  Puzzling World  Test, confuse and frustrate yourself
●  Mountain walks  Several available walks are free, beautiful and relax
●  Steam boat ride    Experience a wonderful world - bygone
●  Under Water World     Get into the tank and let the fish watch you
●  Mini golf  Indoor and out door
●  Have a Shot    A safe multi challenge shooting gallery
●  Plane Flights   Several places to explore all of supreme beauty
●  Flights to Milford    Unforgettable scenic experience
●  Horse riding    Great for the first timers
●  Canoeing   on the lake
●  Bike riding   Explore the area relaxed and enjoy or go for a work out with some friends
●  Parasailing  -   Soar with the birds behind a boat, simply unforgettable
●  Helicopter flying    Take the opportunity you man never see this beauty again
●  Paragliding   Run and fly (with a pilot) from high above the Queenstown
●  Fishing          Tasty trout are found in all rivers and lakes in the zone.
●  Golf             Six wonderful courses include superb scenery and wonderful atmosphere.
●  Sky diving  Dare devils
●  Crown Range Drive    Includes a high mountain pass with spectacular scenery
● "Lord of the Rings" sights Your driver will point out some of these
●  Ice skating  
●  Restaurants  Wide range available for all tastes and budgets for dinner on own
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Geography
●  Glaciation     -    Unusual glacial history
●  Gorges          -    New, deep, developing under the forces of New Zealand's largest river
●  Rapids           - Witness the awesome, deadly power of water
●  Erosion         -    The power of flowing water 
●  Geology        -    Metamorphic schist, shale, slate and gold
●  Kawarau Gorge -  Historic gold mining area - beautiful, rugged, different
●  Lake Dunstan   - Hydro and fishing lake that dominates the Cromwell region
●  Israel-like landscapes -  You experience lands that Jesus lived in
●  Contrasts of Scenery    Encountering this and the Glacier & Scenic Zone 
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Social Studies (Desert & Adventure Zone)
●  Farming           -  Turning deserts into vineyards, stone fruit orchards, high country sheep
●  Timber             -   Finding wood to build gold rush towns in the desert
●  Conservation    -  Management of natural resources and historic sites
●  Engineering     -   Dams, power generation, suspension bridges, ariel cable cars, thrill businesses
●  Fishing            -    Fresh water recreational; management, conservation, control, species caught.
●  Cultural           -    Gold rush difficulties between historic Chinese and European
●  Demographics   -  Excessive growth that continually pushes community services
●  Food Outlets     -   Surveys and fact finding and point of difference with wide variety of outlets
●  Wanaka           -    Provides us with a convenient and enjoyable base for skiing groups
●  Cromwell        -    Between two giant rivers, surrounded by fruit trees and rugged mountains
●  Arrowtown Museum   tells the stories of engineering and gold in the region
●  Chinese Settlements  - Foreigners in a strange unforgiving land
●  Recreation  - walking, mountaineering, flying, water sports and winter sports
●  Maori Culture      -    As part of the Maori culture studies we hear the stories that were told here about this land and passed down through their families in order to teach the generations how to live and survive in a difficult but beautiful land.

●  Engineering / Science
Bridge building, design & location are experienced here as we visit a wonderful old suspension bridge and more modern arch support structures. Students learn how such light structures carry the weight they do for long spans.

●  Steam Power
A very rare, genuine steamboat still operates on the big lake here. You can take an inexpensive ride and study the original steam engines and coal fired boilers that power this lovely relic through the crystal lake waters. This living history will demonstrate many principals of physics and chemistry and help you gain a better understanding of them. There are opportunities to meet with the engineer in charge for further information.

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