Waitiri , better known as Victoria Bridge, is on the Kawarau river, almost midway on the main road, between Cromwell and Queenstown. For about fifteen miles the road—carved out of the mountain side—follows the winding of the river through the Kawarau Gorge, and along this road the scenery is magnificently wild and rugged. A little distance beyond Waitiri is the Nevis Bluff, where the mountain rocks overhang the Pass road, and the river—almost perpendicularly beneath—surges some 150 feet below. The Victoria Bridge, a fine structure, spans the Kawarau at Waitiri and immediately adjoining is the Victoria Hotel, a well kept hostelry, which provides first-class accommodation and good stabling. The city sportsman with his rod and gun can here obtain a distinct change of scene, and good sport, and his material wants will be well catered for at the Victoria Bridge Hotel.