Oamuru to Omarama

Highway 83, Oamuru to Omarama. We drove in to Oamuru for breakfast and ended up staying all morning because it is such an interesting town. A lot of the buildings have been constructed using a local limestone and they look beautiful and many of the local businesses have embraced the 'olden days' theme and decorated accordingly.  I would love to spend a few days there rather than a few hours.

But we had to move on. We drove west and followed the Waitaki River upstream. The icy blue colour of water from a glacier is amazing and we oohed and aahed at every turn. There are several big dams on the river with power generators but because of the high rainfall this month the dams are full and the overflows were raging torrents.

Kurow Island

Lake Waitaki

Lake Aviemore

Waitaki River

Lake Aviemore