The great glaciers of the Mount Cook region and the lakes Tekapo, Pukaki and Ohau are the remnants of a great ice river flowing from the Southern Alps. Warm nor’-west winds and centuries of erosion carried on a reclamation work to build the South Canterbury plains, leaving evidence in the cliffs of loess or decayed ‘shingle overlooking Caroline Bay at Timaru. Let's identify a list of sites to visit that teach us about our local Geology...
