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Skyline Cable Car
Skyline Cable Car
Bob's Peak
Bob's Peak
Towering 450 metres above the resort town of Queenstown in New Zealand is Bob's Peak.
Tourists may climb to the top for a view, but since the 1960s there has been an easier way: a cable car can take you up.
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Visit the 24 hour 360 degree live Webcam on Bob's Peak here.
Adjust the interactive image so that Cecil Peak is in the centre of the image.
Draw a line sketch on your worksheet of this view.
You will need to complete a line sketch of the view from Mount Keira / Djeera on your excursion.
1965 Queenstown Borough Council gave permission to use the land for a cableway from Queenstown to Bob's Peak.
1966 Skyline Enterprises was formed as a public company with the purpose of building an aerial Gondola from Queenstown up to the peak.
1967 The first Gondola travelled up Bob's Peak on November 17, 1967.
1995 Skyline wins New Zealand Tourism Award Winner for 'Best Visitor Attraction'.
1998 Luge track opens on Bob's Peak.
1999 Skyline wins New Zealand Tourism Award finalist for 'Best Visitor Attraction'.
2000 Skyline hosts Olympic torch relay for Sydney Olympics. In November 2000, Skyline celebrated 1 million Luge rides at Skyline Luge – Queenstown.
2001 Skyline is a tourism award finalist for the 'Best Adventure Tourism' product.
2005 Skyline welcomed its 10 millionth visitor.
2007 Skyline Gondola celebrates its 40th anniversary.
2009 The Gondola was upgraded which increased its capacity by 60% and the bottom terminal ticket office was completely re-designed to cater for the larger groups.
2011 New Zealand's first Gondola assisted bike lift begins .
2012 Stargazing tours open for business to show off our incredible night sky.
2013 The cafe undergoes re-development .
2014 Skyline introduces Stratosfare as a new dining restaurant.
2017 Skyline Queenstown celebrates 50 years of Gondola operation.
Skyline gondola, Queenstown
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On your worksheet use the information above to construct a scaled timeline of the development of the tourist facilities of Skyline.
The Mountain Bike Park on Bob's Peak attracts 60000 riders each summer.
The Mountain Bike Park on Bob's Peak attracts 60000 riders each summer.
See the attraction here.
170000 trips are taken each summer on the Skyline gondalas to access the mountain bike trails.
170000 trips are taken each summer on the Skyline gondalas to access the mountain bike trails.
The tourists spend millions of dollars in the town in food and accomodation during their visit to use the mountain bike trails.
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Construct an elevation plot (topographic profile) for the route taken by the cable cars up Bob's Peak.
Elevation plot (topographic profile)
Elevation plot (topographic profile)
A topographic profile of elevation plot is a cross sectional view of a line or path on a topographic map. It is like a slice made through the Earth looked at from side on.
The simplest way to make an elevation plot is to take a length of paper and lay it on the topographic map so that the edge is along the path you wish to map.
If you are making a plot of a path that twists and turns you will have to take care and twist this scrap of paper as you mark your plot.
Put a pencil mark on the scrap of paper at each point the edge cuts across a contour line, and write next to the mark the altitude (metres above sea level).
You then place this reference paper along the base of a piece of graph paper.
On the vertical axis of the graph you will need to decide the scale of your drawing. As NSW topographic maps of the East Coast are 1:25000 scale with 20 metre contour increments, it is simple to make each horizontal line on the graph paper a 20 metre increment also.
Use the carousel of images to the left as a visual guide to the process.
On your worksheet there is a topographic map (See below also).
An interactive topographic map that may help you can be found here.
When using this interactive map be sure to select cyclOSM in the layers found the top right of the map, this will show topographic heights.
A elevation plot or topographic profile for the Skyline Gondola can be made, or if you are up for the challenge, try plotting the change in elevation of one of the cycle tracks.
You will complete another elevation plot in your assessment task.
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