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Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail – Ohau & Pukaki Canals

March 28, 2019

In March of this year we headed south for a few days in the McKenzie district, which is part of the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Based in Twizel, we did a few rides on the Alps 2 Ocean cycle trail. Good fun.

It’s a beautiful part of the country with some impressive landscapes. The drought conditions emphasised the typical autumn hues creating some striking colour pallets – especially the orange/brown grassed hills next to the turquoise canal waters.

This area is a curious mix of natural beauty and human industry with it’s canals, hydro stations, salmon farms and man-made lakes alongside the Southern Alps, Lake Ohau and Lake Pukaki.

Pukaki Canal, McKenzie District
Ohau Canal meets the Pukaki Canal. Campervan based folk fishing the canals pretty much everywhere, but especially closer to the salmon farms.

 

 

Pukaki Canal under dark clouds
Pukaki Canal down the road from Ohau A Hydro Station

 

 

Straight road to Ohau A
Heading to Ohau A. Sometimes the road ahead is straight, yet metaphorically slightly bendy. Other times it’s just straight. #confucius

 

 

Massive pipe at Ohau A hydro station
Ohau A Hydro Station, Ben Ohau. Started operating 1979. More info at meridianenergy.co.nz and on Wikipedia

 

 

Ohau Canal on a cloudy day
Ohau Canal shot from Glen Lyon road on our way from Lake Ohau to Twizel

 

 

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