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These two spurs connect the highway with State Highway 6, which lies on the western bank of Lake Dunstan. State Highway 8A runs for 23 km from SH 6 at Luggate to connect with SH8 close to Tarras. State Highway 8B runs for just 2.6 km from SH8 at Deadmans Point across the lake to the town of Cromwell.
Twizel is also on the route of the Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail. [43] Stage 2 of the Alps 2 Ocean runs from Lake Tekapo to Twizel. This 54 kilometre section takes riders past the Tekapo A power station and along the Tekapo Canal before skirting around the Lake Pukaki shoreline and across the Pukaki Flats to Twizel. [44]
The closest town to Lake Pukaki is Twizel, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south of the lake and Tekapo is 47 km (32 minutes drive) to the northeast. State Highway 8 skirts the southern end of the lake, and State Highway 80 runs north along the length of its western shore, to Mount Cook Village in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
The lake is a popular tourist destination, and several resort hotels are located in the township of Lake Tekapo at the lake's southern end. The Lake Tekapo Regional Park, administered by Environment Canterbury, is located on the lake's southern shore. State Highway 8 runs past Lake Tekapo at its southern end. On a clear day, the taller snow ...
Route information; Maintained by NZ Transport Agency: Length: 54.7 km (34.0 mi) Major junctions; South end: SH 8 (Tekapo Twizel Road) at Lake Pukaki: North end: Terrace Road/Bowen Drive at Mount Cook Village
Fairlie, Tekapo, Twizel, Lindis Pass, Cromwell, Alexandra: 456.7 SH 8 at Tarras: SH 6 at Luggate: 21 Connection to SH 6 north of Lake Dunstan. SH 8 at Deadmans Point SH 6 at Cromwell: 2.6 Connection to SH 6 south of Lake Dunstan. SH 6 near Richmond: Collingwood: Motueka, Tākaka: 116.5 SH 1 at Spring Creek: SH 6 2 km north of Renwick: Rapaura: 12.8
Lake Ruataniwha is an artificial lake in the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. It was formed in 1977–1981 as part of the Waitaki hydroelectric project. [ 1 ] It lies on the traditional boundary of the Canterbury and Otago provinces, with the town of Twizel two kilometres to the north.
Looking across Temuka and the Canterbury Plains toward the Southern Alps. Lake Tekapo, with Aoraki / Mount Cook and the Southern Alps in the background. South Canterbury is the area of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand bounded by the Rangitata River in the north and the Waitaki River (the border with the Otago Region) to the south.