Doors to some of the Wakatipu's most stunning homes were opened on Saturday, during the inaugural Queenstown New Zealand House and Garden Tour, a fundraiser for the Cancer Society of New Zealand.
Thirteen homes in Kelvin Heights, Lake Hayes, Arrowtown, Speargrass Flat and Dalefield featured in the tour, with a collection of shoes ever-present at each property's entrance.
Included in the tour was a historic Arrowtown cottage and former convent dating back to the 1870s, the home-away-from-home for Millbrook's Japanese owner Eiichi Ishii, inspired by the Eisenhower Cabin at the Augusta National golf course, and a property featuring a "Garden of National Significance" at Lake Hayes, with a 12ha country garden surrounding a homestead built in 1864 and developed over the past 37 years by its owners.
