if you stood overlooking directly to the south from queenstown, a spectacle of extraordinary abundance lies in wait across lake wakatipu. cecil peak at 1,974m (left) and walter peak at 1,815m (right) are named after cecil walter rees, the son of the first settler of queenstown. the breathtaking panorama of the two most noticed peaks (unless if you happen to notice the vignetting first) from the town was photographed in june 2010.

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