Greetings from Twizel

"Tw-eye-zel," is a strange town built to house workers building a major dam about 5 miles out of town.  It is dead flat and dry, but they have planted plenty of trees and have lots of irrigation, so in 20 or so years, this place will look good.  The outskirts are far prettier, but the town needs time.

To get to Twizel, we left Dunedin, drove north to the Moeraki Boulders, which are interesting, even if the light wasn't much help from a photographic viewpoint.  Then on to Oamaru and then inland along the Wiataki River, which has been dammed for hydro-power in many places, and finally to Twizel.

Tomorrow on to Mt. Cook or Aoraki, as it is known in Maori.

Posts of St. Clair

Moeraki Rock 1

Outskirts of Twizel

Twizel Stream

Moeraki Trio

Up the Wiataki Valley

Maori Petroglyphs

The Cook Range