{"id":246,"date":"2010-08-17T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T01:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2010-08-17T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T01:32:40","slug":"postcard-is-a-trip-to-queenstown-complete-without-a-visit-to-fergburger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/postcard-is-a-trip-to-queenstown-complete-without-a-visit-to-fergburger\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcard: Is a trip to Queenstown complete without a visit to Fergburger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUIP Director of Academic Affairs, <a href=\"http:\/\/auip.com\/lee\">Lee Stoner<\/a>, was recently taken to Queenstown for the weekend by his fianc\u00e9 Krysina. Queenstown, surrounded by the beautiful Remarkables mountain range, was listed as the #4 top destination in the world by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/TCDestinations-cEuroFavorites-g1%29.\">Trip Advisor<\/a> in 2010. Lee was joined by fellow AUIP colleague, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/eleanor\">Eleanor Hand<\/a>, the AUIP marine biologist for the North Queensland program, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/about\/tyrone.php\">Tyrone Ridgeway<\/a>, as well as friends Caitlin, Ben and Lee P.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/queenstowns-fergburger.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-247\" title=\"'s Fergburger\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/queenstowns-fergburger.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/queenstowns-fergburger.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/queenstowns-fergburger-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/queenstowns-fergburger-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>During the day of Lee\u2019s birthday, July 31, the majority of the group visited wineries, including the magnificently situated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtdifficulty.co.nz\/\">Mt. Difficulty<\/a>. Eleanor and Caitlin went for the more exciting option, opting to ski <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzski.com\/mountain.jsp?site=coronetpeak\">Coronet Peak<\/a>. The evening meal was held at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.primerestaurant.co.nz\/\">Prime Resturant and Bar<\/a>. Prime is set next to Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand\u2019s longest lake at 80 kilometers, and according to Lee, serves \u201cone of the best stakes I have ever tasted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, no trip to Queenstown is complete without a trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fergburger.com\/\">Fergurger<\/a>, pictured left. Lee does not typically eat burgers \u2013 or any red meat for that matter. However, you will be hard pressed to find a Queenstown tourist that does not rave about this burger. Not surprisingly, the group made two visits!<\/p>\n<p>So, is a trip to Queenstown complete without a visit to Fergburger? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUIP Director of Academic Affairs, Lee Stoner, was recently taken to Queenstown for the weekend by his fianc\u00e9 Krysina. Queenstown, surrounded by the beautiful Remarkables mountain range, was listed as the #4 top destination in the world by Trip Advisor in 2010. Lee was joined by fellow AUIP colleague, Eleanor Hand, the AUIP marine biologist for the North Queensland program,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-postcard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}