CCS Disability Action community development co-ordinator Anna Jameson said she was the disabled driver in the episode in April.
The incident was discussed during the latest Wakatipu accessibility meeting on Wednesday. It was seen as one example of recurring access problems faced by residents living with disabilities.
Ms Jameson told participants she informed town centre management, which "responded well and dealt with it".
Ms Jameson was joined by disability resource consultant Jenny Stone, Wakatipu Senior Citizens Association representative Rosie Thompson, Queenstown Lakes District Council transport manager Denis Mander and members of the community in the Disabilities Resource Centre in the Gorge Rd Retail Centre.
Ms Jameson and Ms Stone updated the group on an accessibility map of Queenstown, Frankton and Arrowtown for residents and visitors which would highlight the locations of toilets and car parks for the disabled.
A graphic designer was voluntarily working on the first draft of the map. The second draft could include mobility-friendly accommodation and dining options.
Information was tweaked for disabled tourists visiting the Destination Queenstown website, which had pictures of empty wheelchairs replaced by people living with disability enjoying themselves in Wakatipu, Ms Jameson said.
New World Wakatipu supermarket management implemented almost all of the group's recommendations to improve accessibility to its car parks for the disabled, the group heard.
A request for at least one park outside and one under cover beneath the Fresh Choice supermarket was mooted.
Mr Mander said that a line-marker was scheduled to add a parking bay for the disabled outside St Joseph's School.
He was asked by the group to look into adding lighting and one or two parks for the disabled at the rear of the Queenstown Events Centre for use when residents living with mobility issues attended after-hours functions and the front of the centre was closed.
Ms Stone said she would raise ease of access to the children's playground next to the Bathhouse, Marine Pde, with council community services general manager Paul Wilson, and report back on progress to the group.
The Spinnaker Bay section of the Frankton Track was given as an example of a place where the gradient could be reduced by a digger, to make life easier for those with disabilities.
Resident Grant Hensman said the Queenstown Gardens could do with extra signs to advise l people using wheelchairs the best way in.
"If you're a visitor to the centre of town in a wheelchair, how do you get into the gardens? You can't do it," he said.
"If you have local knowledge, you can go up Coronation Dr, but there's nothing telling you that."
Regarding access in snow, Mr Mander said the council would clear snow from the main roads in the district first, and then the more minor ones, area by area.
The council would instruct councillors to clear a particular route to help with mobility when asked, Mr Mander said.
The council would then give priority to clearing snow from busy footpaths.
The group agreed to meet in September on a date to be confirmed to review the winter strategy.
