Queenstown’s Quiet Side

The Sydney Morning Herald’s Sarah Maguire visits “adrenalin-central”, but goes against-the-grain with a laid-back luxurious holiday. “Being a full-time working mother puts adrenalin into the system daily, so I don’t need that on a holiday.” Instead, Maguire finds “possibly the quietest spot in town: inside a Jetson-esque flotation pod, in a solution 10 times more buoyant than the Dead Sea, my ‘entire nervous system in a state of rest’, according to the brochure.” Although a popular destination for thrill-seekers the world over, Maguire “love[s] Queenstown for other reasons: it’s part of a region, Central Otago, that bristles with wineries, good shopping, excellent eating, a recent proliferation of spas and a heritage full of 19th-century-style adventurers.”