Went to Dam

Location: Taupo
Weather: Sunnyish

Went to the Aratiatia Dam with Simon and Kate. Apparently the dam, once used for a power station, is now merely a tourist attraction with no actual purpose. It holds back the Waikato river and before 2pm the river after the dam is a stream, but at 2pm the floodgates open and the river turns into a huge raging and dangerous torrent. I'm talking the water level raising over 2m's in about 5minutes!

By JamesReed on 16.04.04 @ 05:00 PM GMT