Total power over nature

Not much going on today but we did head over to see a river that the Kiwis are able to turn on and off at will.

It's all to do with hydro-generation. They built the power station and turned off the river. Now they turn it on again for 15 minutes every two hours from 10am until 4pm.  This seems to be just for the tourists as it doesn't feel like it makes any sense from a power generation point of view.

Anyway, it was quite impressive to see.

Now in Rotorua, drinking craft beer and listening to some girls play acoustic music. Getting quite good at this relaxing thing!