Not a film set. Arrowtown is a charming 1860's Gold Rush town that has miraculously survived. Perhaps it was because the road over the pass wasn't completed until 2000 After Queenstown, I head to Arrowtown, a delightful heritage listed village left over from the 1860’s gold rush days. According to Google, it should take 23 minutes to get there from Queenstown, but Google lies. It doesn’t seem to know about the crazy zig zag road that takes you over the Crown Range which lies in between. Even though I have had plenty of practice honing my mountain driving skills on Tasmania’s West Coast, not even this quite prepares me for how narrow these roads are, how steep the grades and the fact that there are numerous one -lane bridges, rock falls and roadworks. In fairness to the people who manage these roads, they have my utmost respect – not many places have to contend with such difficult terrain, ice, snow, avalanches and landslips all at the same time, never mind general...
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