Another frosty start in Alexandra, but a beautiful blue sky day for the drive down to Gore. Deb’s grandmother and some other assorted relatives live in Gore, a town that seems to bear the butt of jokes particularly among New Zealanders, I think partly due to the unique Southland accents. We drove at a leisurely place and made a couple of stop offs along the way. One stop was the Roxburgh Dam.
The Roxburgh Dam across the Clutha River was the first of the dams built to generate Hydro-Electric power in Central Otago. It was completed in 1956. The Clutha River scheme supplies around 10% of New Zealand’s power. 3 Olympic swimming pools pass through the station every minute!
Anyway, we arrived in Gore around lunch time. One of the things that struck me was the change in the countryside from the rocky outcrop country of Central Otago to the rolling green hills of Southland. Gore is sister city to Tamworth in New South Wales and has a similar focus on country music and … fishing… and has a big fish to boot!
After getting some lunch, we made a short visit to Deb’s grandmother. Olive turned 95 last year was was in pretty good spirits. I hadn’t seen her for a few years so it was nice share afternoon tea.
Then we headed out to the farm where Deb’s Uncle and Aunty run a sheep property… here’s one.
As they had supplied the house in Alexandra, we were keen to reward the favour, so we took them out to dinner at ‘Thomas Greens’ the best restaurant in Gore. The food was excellent.
One of the things about being so far is that the twilight lasts for ages. So I’ll leave you today with a sunset photo in Southland,
Until tomorrow….
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