I had a fantastic stay at Mark & Rebecca’s place. On arrival I threw my backpack on and walked from the airport down to the lake and around to the cottage. This took about 25mins at a leisurely pace. Mark met me when I arrived, gave me the run down and left me to it. The cottage itself is brand new & was exactly what I was looking for. The peaceful location with magnificent views across the lake to the snow capped mountains was just stunning. Having a coffee with brekkie on the deck in the morning looking out was one of my favourite parts of the day. In the week I was there I used Multiple options to access Queenstown. The walking/bike track was 10m from the front door & Mark & Rebecca had bikes & helmets to use. The bike ride is fairly flat and is 15min(@fast pace) or 25min (@leisurely pace) to Queenstown. I also used the water taxi with the pick up only 200m away at the newly built Marina. The water taxi runs every hour till late & I bought a multi pass (10 trips for $49). It takes roughly 15mins to Queenstown with 1-2 stops on the way there and te same on the way back. I didn’t have a car but there is on site parking with the main road to Queenstown running behind the main house (it was so quiet though you wouldn’t know it was there). This was handy as I arranged to be picked up for tours from there. When I get the chance I’ll certainly be back.