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Wanaka

Entry 44, on 2004-07-03 at 22:56:14 (Rating 1, Travel)

I went to Wanaka this weekend to work on a database project for a private client there. I drove up on Saturday morning and came back on Sunday night. I took one of my favourite roads, through the Maniototo - its about a 3 hour drive to cover the 300 kilometers.

There had been a bit of colder weather in the area so there was plenty of snow around. I had to slow down a bit when driving over the higher parts of the Pigroot. The Maniototo was fine and it was fine cold and crisp in Wanaka, itself.

Comment 1 (15) by Cop on 2005-02-20 at 21:31:33:

You didn't go too fast did you? Taking only 3 hours is quite fast!

Comment 2 (5133) by OJB on 2019-12-07 at 21:04:37:

Well, let's see: 300 kilometers in 3 hours. That's 100 kph, the speed limit in NZ, so all good! Thanks for your concern.

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