Day 24 Waikouaiti to Glentanner via Oamaru
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Chris & Graham - Oceania 2009
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2009-02-28 20:43
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262.87 km
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A Moeraki Boulder
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60 million year old mud boulders at Moeraki
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What a strange sight !
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Old Git and a newer boulder - only 59.9m yrs old
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Moeraki boulder with a honeycomb look
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The most visited geological site in NZ
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What do you call a group of mud boulders ?
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It's like a giant game of marbles
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Moeraki boulders are weird inside
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This is probably how they multiply !
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Hollowed out inside this boulder
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Posing again on the way back up Moeraki beach
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An adult male fur seal at Oamaru
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View of Oamaru across Macandrew wharf
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Fur seal - rollover jackpot
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Holmes wharf at Oamaru in the rain
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Oamaru - Boats in Friendly bay
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A warehouse in old Oamaru - once a very busy place
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An Oamaru mortgage brokers office originally
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View of the dam at Aviemore (lunch break)
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Aviemore dam from Fishermans bend
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Aviemore - the second of three hydro-electric dams
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Lake Aviemore beyond the dam
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Fishermans Bend runs into Lake Waitaki
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Lake Aviemore is a popular holiday retreat
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The Benmore Dam is the largest
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The Benmore Dam overspill sluice
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12 million tons of material were used to build it
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Overspill channels are 80m high
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Benmore power station info
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Benmore with Sugar Loaf & Mt Sutton behind
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Arrival at Glentanner - Mountains clouded in
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Mount Cook is only 20 miles away
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