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CLASSIC QUEENSTOWN CHARTER BOAT – KELVIN

Todays woody photo popped up on Lew Redwood’s fb feed, sourced from a tme postcard listing.

The craft along side the wharf is KELVIN and the photos tagged ’The Waterfront Queenstown’.

KELVIN last made an appearance on WW back in August 2022 when we saw her rafted up with another Queenstown charter launch named MURATAI II.

Link here https://waitematawoodys.com/2022/08/27/queenstown-charter-launches/

Searching WW brings up a lot of references to Kelvin engines but zero intel on todays woody – can we learn more.

Probably NZ’s Biggest Classic – TSS Earnslaw

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Probably NZ’s Biggest Classic – TSS Earnslaw

I had cause to spend sometime last week/end in Queenstown and made the effort to take a ‘cruise’ across Lake Whakatipu on the 1912 built coal fired steamer –  TSS Earnslaw. I have visited Queenstown a lot in the past but mainly for business related events and was always running to a tight agenda – not so this trip.

A wedding invitation was the excuse for a visit, so while the rest of the family went for a long walk I boarded the ship, at nearly 160’ in length she is a ship.

Trip included a brief stop at the Walter Peak farm – a very impressive looking complex.

The conditions were perfect and woodys I would encourage you to do it if you are down that way. Enjoy the photo gallery.

And the wedding was a stunner – the best of everything – people, venue, food, wine and music. I think I danced more in one night than in the last 20 years, hopefully no one was filming 🙂