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2023_06_24

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Marilyn Webb (b.1937) - Two Bends in the Clutha. 1988. Handcoloured engraving.

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Adventures in New Zealand: Wonderful Wanaka - Clutha River/Mata-Au

On the banks of the Mata-Au (and away from the sandflies) #NZ #nature #scenery #familyfun

After spending the morning at Lake Hawea and Kidds Bush, we had to bring Little E and J back home for their mid-afternoon nap. On the way back to our apartment in Wanaka, we stopped off for a short while in the centre of town to pick up some supplies for dinner. Sleepy kiddies at Lake Wanaka Although J and Little E were sleepy little kiddies, it didn’t stop them from climbing up some of the…

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Along the way, the Clutha river is dammed, forming huge inland lakes for irrigation.

Golden poplars march up steep volcanic hills, their Autumn confetti brightening this forbidding desert. The mighty Clutha river roars down below, a deep turquoise and tumultuous presence, as it moves at swift pace carrying its huge load towards the sea 338 kilometers away.  Fertile river communities huddle in valleys, surrounded by these dark majestic hills, with apples, pears, quinces and pumpkins for sale, as the orchard leaves turn scarlet. The local wines taste like their place. It is not hard to appreciate how the notion of ‘terra’ can flavour a wine. The white quartz and schist deposited in these ancient glacial valleys give that tingling mineral sensation, so readily discernible on the palate in the Pinot Gris from Central Otago.

Before the Snow

Wild poplars, Central Otago

Central Otago drama

Rolling plains near Gibbston

Wandering through small colonial towns, the old gold mining villages of Clyde, Cromwell, Arrowtown and Wanaka, enables you to step back into the 1860s. The preserved and partly reconstructed Chinese huts in Arrowtown attract many Chinese visitors from Guangdong province as Chinese tourists begin to take more interest in the history of the Chinese diaspora during the gold rush era. Old Cromwell Town is a quaint precinct within the larger modern, sprawling town of Cromwell, with ‘saved’ buildings after the construction of a dam and Lake Dunstan in the 1990s.

Old Cromwell Town

These small places are well-developed tourist haunts but also make good bases for day touring around the district. We stayed in Cromwell, Arrowtown and Wanaka, all quite striking in different ways.

Lake Dunstan, Cromwell

central otago in autumn

Long white cloud moves across Autumn hills

Lakes of Central Otago

Keep your eyes on the road..

‘Keep your eyes on the road and your hand upon the wheel’. The views are so stunning in Central Otago, it’s like driving through a dream.

Turquoise Turbulence. The mighty Clutha river, the largest by volume in New Zealand.

Keep Your Eyes on the Road: Central Otago, New Zealand Golden poplars march up steep volcanic hills, their Autumn confetti brightening this forbidding desert. The mighty Clutha river roars down below, a deep turquoise and tumultuous presence, as it moves at swift pace carrying its huge load towards the sea 338 kilometers away.  

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Poems about New Zealand rivers

I am on a hunt … for poems about New Zealand rivers.

I have found a few by some of our well-known poets:

“The river in you” by Brian Turner

“Rangitikei River song” by Sam Hunt

“Clutha V” by Denis Glover

And I am sure there are many others, though I am not sure how to find them, apart from searching through endless anthologies, or asking people much more widely read than I am (hint!). (more…)

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Clutha River - Otago, New Zealand.

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Clutha River, New Zealand