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Deadmans Point bridge, looking towards Cromwell. State Highway 8 has two spurs: State Highway 8A and State Highway 8B. 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.
Downhill section of Alps 2 Ocean, just past Sailors Cutting, on the edge of Lake Benmore. The first half of this 24 km (15 mi) section over the Omarama Saddle is on a dedicated cycle trail next to SH83, from Sailors Cutting the trail follows the edge of Lake Benmore to Benmore Dam. From here it is a 6 km (3.7 mi) detour off the main route to ...
Omarama is in the Waitaki District, in the southern Canterbury region. The Ahuriri River is a short distance to the north of the township. Omarama is 30 km (20 minutes drive) southwest of Twizel, 40 km (30 minutes drive) southeast of Lake Ōhau and 32 km (21 minutes drive) northeast of the Lindis Pass.
Twizel (centre distance) from the air, alongside Lake Ruataniwha. Lake Benmore is seen in the foreground. Twizel (/ ˈ t w aɪ z əl /) is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. The town was founded in 1968 to house construction workers on the Upper Waitaki Hydroelectric Scheme ...
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.
The images were posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "These 3D images show the sheer magnitude of the very difficult and challenging salvage operation ahead ...
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.
Australian Peter Norman, the silver medalist in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympic Games, supported Tommie Smith and John Carlos in their protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the ...