Skippers Canyon, Queenstown, New Zealand
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Skippers Canyon
Skippers Canyon is a historic and scenic gorge, some 22 kilometres in length, several kilometres north of Queenstown, New Zealand.
Today accessed from Queenstown via the same road that leads to the Coronet Peak skifield, Skippers Canyon is carved out by the Shotover River. The Shotover, one of New Zealand's richest gold-bearing rivers, was named by William Gilbert Rees who with his wife Frances and brother-in-law Nicholas von Tunzelmann were the first European settlers in and near where Queenstown is now.
Once a busy goldmining area, Skippers Canyon was accessed by Skippers Road, which is today one of New Zealand's better known scenic roads.
The main New Zealand road where rental car insurance is not honoured, Skippers Road is mostly one-lane, narrow and steep with sheer drops of several hundred metres. In 1886, Skippers Canyon was also the first site where hydroelectricity was generated to power goldmining.
The start of the gold rush in Skippers Canyon
In November 1862, Thomas Arthur and Harry Redfern discovered in the area of today's Arthurs Point about 4 ounces of gold within 3 hours.[2] Arthur and Redfern made no secret of their gold discoveries. With such richness in sight, it was no wonder that the area was soon swarmed by miners trying to find their luck. This was the beginning of one of the largest rushes that occurred in Otago.[2] Soon after the start of the gold rush, the miners referred to the Shotover River as the 'richest river in the world'. There is however no proof available that this is true as no official records were kept about how much gold was actually found. (Wikipedia)
Hi, thanks for sharing this, the scenery is really beautiful, so glad to be able to watch the video as I think it would be the only way we would ever have seen the vista, as I dont think the insurance on a hire car would allow us to drive it, thanks again, happy aussie.
Thanks Jutta, that was the first time I''ve driven through Skippers in winter - I now understand why insurance companies don't provide cover - it's a harrowing road!
@@slowtv-drive Hi, thanks for replying, we did love watching the drive, watched it a few times now, also the forgotten highway, again another road we would never have been able to view with all the great scenery if you didn't share, as it is also a road I don't think we would be able to drive, insurance wise , looking forward to more, happy aussie.
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