Cambridge Weekend.
Saturday 3 March, 2012.

 

Arapuni to Maungatautari.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The guy on the right is cheating!!!

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Crossing the Arapuni Suspension Bridge.

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Arapuni Suspension Bridge is 152m long and 54m above the river.
Ron was intensely aware of each metre - both horizontal and vertical.

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Wolfgang gets caught behind a couple of pedestrians.

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A couple of shots on the road from the bridge up to the dam.

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gorge between the dam and the power house.

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downstream face of the Arapuni Dam.  It is 64m from foundations to the top.

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Photo : Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking upstream from the dam.

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ACTA holds up traffic for a dam photo.

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Maungatautari.

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Lunch stop at Pukeatua.

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!!

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The message is clear!!

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The pest fence around Maungatautari is quite an engineering feat.
For a start off, it is mouse-proof.  It is 47km long.

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To learn more about the Maungatautari Ecological Island, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The smallest hole in the fence is 6mm.
Mouseproof!!
And the signs ask you to check your bags for mice before going in to the reserve.

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Getting in to the reserve involves going through security enclosures.
It is impossible to open the outer and inner gates at the same time.

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Info shot of the reserve.

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Photo : Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We experienced the reserve's tranquility briefly.

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Photo : Caroll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South easterly view from the reserve entrance.
Lake Arapuni is visible near the centre of the shot.

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Photo : Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the return journey along Oreipunga Road on the western side of Lake Karapiro.

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The final descent.

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Maungatautari Road Bridge spanning Lake Karapiro.

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Photos : John, unless they were Caroll's or Bryan's.

 

 

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