Heading home from Central Otago we crossed the mighty Clutha river to investigate the small settlement of Millers Flat (population about 200) named after a Walter Miller who farmed in the area in 1849 which is old for NZ! It has a solar heated swimming pool which is quite amazing for this small area!
Three good things:
1. Plenty of sun for these solar panels to be useful here. Apricots, cherries and nectarines were being sold on the roadsides!
2. There was a bridge too that was built across the river in 1898. How they got from one side of the river to the other before this, heaven knows!
3. Two kilos of cherries will last a while but not forever!
Looks like a relaxing place for a swim. I thought about you this afternoon while I was walking with my neighbor. Several bikes went past us and an elderly couple went by on electric bikes. They tootled up the hill with ease while we huffed and puffed to the top. I think they had the better deal!
That fantastic pool looks rather amazing out in the country like that......I do like a heated pool! We have been wTching the other disc belonging to Country Calendar a present at Christmas time. One of the half hour hour programmes was about fruit trees....you do love your fruit & make such good use of it.
When I lived in southern Germany over twenty years ago out local outdoor pool was heated by solar panels and it was very efficient. This reminds me a little of that pool but without the nice hills in the background!
@happypat I love Country Calendar - very NZ! There is masses of fruit just about everywhere in NZ but the Central and North Otago cherries are the juiciest and sweetest!
Beautiful crisp clear shot of the swimming pool! I like the looks of the hills in the background too! All that fruit sounds so delicious but don't eat those cherries all at once!
An amazing swimming pool with its solar panels -- but somehow looks so out of place against the backdrop of mountains ! This country girl would rather be sitting with her feet in mountain stream admiring the scene !
It does look a tad lonely out there with no one in it. I would have to go for a swim there just to make it feel wanted! But then I swim all year round anyway. :-)
It is amazing to have a solar heated pool considering how small the population is. They've just installed solar panels for our pool in TK and they cost a bomb. The water in this shot looks so inviting - it's really hot here again today.
Such an oddity to see out in the middle of no where, or what looks to be that way!!! Love the scenery and how nice it would be to jump in a heated pool!! Pretty scenery in the back ground and beautiful blue water!!! FAV!
