Miners Siding
Miners Siding, Queenstown, West Coast Region - Image Tourism Tasmania and Joe Shemesh
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Queenstown
- Queenstown emerged as a boomtown of the 1890s when gold and minerals were discovered at Mount Lyell. The strange but arresting 'moonscape' that surrounds the town was caused by acid-rain during the mining era. Arguably the pink, purple and grey rocky hills do have a certain beauty.
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