Whakamaru Dam

After lunch the weather improved slightly so we took a drive to view the Whakamaru Dam which is just one of 9 hydro power stations on the river. We no sooner arrived when the skies opened up with a torrential down pour.

Whakamaru Dam power station near Mangakino. It was raining heavily at the time.

Looking down from the top of the dam onto the Whakamaru power station.

Whakamaru Power station.

We sat in the car for about 15 minutes waiting for the rain to stop. Eventually it eased enough to allow us to have a quick look down from the road on the top of the dam. We spotted a viewing platform down a side road below the dam where we got a better view but as luck would have it we copped another downpour while down on the viewing platform and got somewhat damp.

Somebody struck lucky and shot this Red Deer Hind and left the skin on the fence.

Back at the camping grounds we were treated to a most unusual rainbow which was flat across the top of the forest on the opposite side of the lake.

A strange rainbow over the forest behind Lake Maraetai.