Looking across the river, up the hill, you will see pipelines and a small power station. This is part of the local power company's Teviot Generation scheme. Further up the Clutha River, you will notice the larger Roxburgh Dam , owned by Contact Energy and built in the 1950s. Lake Roxburgh is a narrow lake formed back to Alexandra. Houses in the Hydro Village were sold earlier this decade, many of which are now holiday houses.
Good fishing is to be had below the dam.
The road then climbs up into the hills above Lake Roxburgh. Even in summer it is very rare for there to be no pockets of snow visible from the road. The range was named after the Old Man Rock, some 28m high at the top of the hill which is visible from much of the area. At the Gorge Creek rest area, there is a memorial to the Goldminers who died in the snow in 1862. Also worth a visit if you have time is Mitchell's Cottage, an excellent example of early stonework in Central Otago.