Tried driving to Wanganui for a family function yesterday and got turned around at Turakina only 20km from our destination due to flooding and slips closing SH3. Ended up having a 5 1/2 drive for nothing and missed out on a warm sunny day at home in Wellington!!


turakina-1 by Adrian Rumney, on Flickr

turakina-3 by Adrian Rumney, on Flickr
Turakina School looked like they'd have a big clean-up ahead on Monday. In places the water was lapping around the classroom doors with more torrential rain on its way later in the day. We turned around here, but a bit further down the road the flooding was way, way worse.

turakina-2 by Adrian Rumney, on Flickr