(Distance from CBD: 23 kilometres or 21 minutes) Queenstown is the adventure capital of the world, and it spoils for choice. Across the water of Lake Wakatipu and the Shotover and Dart rivers ...

and overseeing a $60m buy-up of Queenstown CBD properties. Thomas, 73, is now represented on the Skyline group boardroom by his son Richard, while the other son, Lyndon, manages Skyline Queenstown.