Today we decided to have a closer look at Cromwell, 42 km from Arrowtown, via Kawarau Gorge. We stopped for a look at the Roaring Meg power station, named after a noisy woman associated with the construction workers.
Cromwell town centre was very quiet, almost deserted, with a lot of empty shops. We found a supermarket and stocked up for a few days as prices are much cheaper than in the smaller shops.
Down by the lakeside we looked at the restored Cromwell Town, originally called The Junction as it is on the junction of the Clutha and Kawerau rivers. In 1993 the Clyde Dam flooded the valley and the original site of the town, creating Lake Dunstan.
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