The sun rise is purple and yellow over Lake Whakatipu in New Zealand, the mountains in the background and a duck in the foreground are silhouettes

Summer Solstice Swim 2023

Summer Solstice Swim!! It’s the Longest Day of the year on Thursday 21st December To celebrate we’re having a swim!! 5:45am (!) at Queenstown beach (by the Bathhouse) for a sunrise swim in Queenstown Bay.   Afterwards we’ll grab some coffee from whereever is open in town.  For those who are super adventurous, a few will …

A lone swimmer does laps in the open-air Arrowtown Memorial Pool

Celebrate Summer at Arrowtown Memorial Pool

– from QLDC Arrowtown’s much-loved outdoor swimming pool opens for another season on Saturday 2 December with a community fun day. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is hosting the event from 11.00am. There’ll be relay races, spot prizes to be won and a sausage sizzle run by Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade. QLDC Sport and Recreation …