What is the temperature? Where is the swimming pool? Those
were the most common questions fielded by Ranfurly
information centre staff yesterday as the mercury climbed to
34degC in the Maniototo, making it the hottest place in
Central Otago.
"We had three guys come in off the [Otago Central] rail
trail, who were laughing because they'd guessed the
temperature.
"The one who was the furthest away had to buy the first round
of drinks at the pub, so they needed to know exactly how hot
it was," centre team leader Di McAtamney said.
She described it as "a good old Maniototo summer's day " and
said lots of visitors had asked for directions to the town's
swimming pool.
One of the supervisors at the Ranfurly pool, Alicia Rodger,
said it was "a very big day" with about 50 people using the
pool.
"It's a popular place.
"Everyone seems to be heading to the pool to cool down," she
said.
The organisers of Ranfurly's annual Art Deco festival are
hoping for equally fine weather this weekend as the 10th
annual event is celebrated.
Volunteer working group and committee member Amie Pont is
hoping for some "scorching" days to set the seal on the
celebrations.
"We have free pool entry for children once they've given a
gold coin donation to get into the festival, so they'll be
making full use of that," she said.
lynda.van.kempen@odt.co.nz
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