More Lake Wakatipu Action PlannedThe resource consent application by Southern Discoveries to operate a 200-pax catamaran on Lake Wakatipu (TM 26OCT) has prompted another potential operator to comment. John Beattie, director of Riverstone Holdings Ltd - the company behind the proposed $150 million FiordlandLink Experience - told the Otago Daily Times that he saw the Southern Discoveries plan as “complementary” rather than a threat. The FiordlandLink product envisages a Queenstown to Fiordland package via catamaran to Mt Nicholas Station, then an all-terrain vehicle leg up the Von River Valley to connect with a monorail to Te Anau Downs. Southern Discoveries, meanwhile, wants to run daily trips across the lake from Queenstown to Mt Nicholas Station, offering cycling to the Von Valley and Mavora Lakes. Mr Beattie told the ODT that although there had not been any discussions yet, if the Southern Discoveries venture was approved he would contact them. Department of Conservation Southland community relations manager Martin Kessick told the paper a report was being prepared on Riverstone Holdings' revised concession application dealing with the monorail leg of FiordlandLink, which would run through DOC-administered land between the Snowdon conservation area and the Mavora Lakes.
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