Leaving Christchurch to Twizel we were due to cover 280km and as it was raining when we started off we thought we were in for a miserable journey. As it turned out we were! (At least according to Steve who is complaining about the weather at every available opportunity! ) The rain did actually condescend to stop about half way just about the time we turned onto the scenic route. It remained overcast so our views were restricted but there's no doubt that this is a beautiful country with an amazing landscape, changing with every bend in the road.
As we neared our destination we passed Lake Tekapo and were astounded by the icy blue/turquoise colour of the water, we had to stop for a photo call. it was obvious that some sort of building work was going on but we puzzled over what the end result would be. There was a new bridge which captured Steves imagination as we walked over it, he was intrigued as to how it was constructed I was more interested in the colour of the water! What strange thing did amuse both of us was that many of the planks of wood forming the walkway of the bridge had family inscriptions on them. The sales/marketing team had been busy getting people to sponsor a plank. I'm not sure which is better, a tree, a bench, a child or a plank! Further on down the road we called into the visitor centre and discovered that there are 5 lakes interconnected by man-made canals which supply water to hydroelectric power stations, hence the building work.
and the colour of the water is due to the rocks on the river bed. In Merecat speak - simples.
As we neared our destination we passed Lake Tekapo and were astounded by the icy blue/turquoise colour of the water, we had to stop for a photo call. it was obvious that some sort of building work was going on but we puzzled over what the end result would be. There was a new bridge which captured Steves imagination as we walked over it, he was intrigued as to how it was constructed I was more interested in the colour of the water! What strange thing did amuse both of us was that many of the planks of wood forming the walkway of the bridge had family inscriptions on them. The sales/marketing team had been busy getting people to sponsor a plank. I'm not sure which is better, a tree, a bench, a child or a plank! Further on down the road we called into the visitor centre and discovered that there are 5 lakes interconnected by man-made canals which supply water to hydroelectric power stations, hence the building work.
and the colour of the water is due to the rocks on the river bed. In Merecat speak - simples.
Even further on we purchased a salmon fillet which we cooked and it was scrummylicious
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