Sunday, January 13, 2013

Pukaki to Lake Ohau

Sunday, 13th January 2013   45 kms  8hrs 40 mins


(This section done after the section from Lake Ohau to Ahuriri because of weather)
I crossed over the Pukaki Dam with rain clouds over all the mountains, and the occasional clap of thunder, with some showers from time to time through the morning. Then onto the A2O cycleway for the walk through to Twizel - with today's picture giving a view of the golden  country with the rain clouds not that far away.

After Twizel I soon left the main road on the south side of Lake Ruataniwha onto a rough minor road - so minor that from there through to Lake Ohau there were no vehicles at all. Beyond Ruataniwha it followed the Ohau River, which was at full flow, and some, having flooded into some seldom used river channels.

Lunch was on the shore of Lake Ohau, looking a long way across to my end point for the day, and to the Freedhold Creek valley that I walked up yesterday. From there I followed the lake shore on a work in progress  section of the A2O walkway - for walking purposes it was ideal. Followed by a road section up the lake to the start of yesterday's walk.

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