Friday 12.45pm: A backpacker sleeps beside Lake Wanaka. Photo by Craig Baxter.
2.10pm: Amanda Ball, of Alexandra, manoeuvres a digger at a new subdivision on the outskirts of Wanaka. Photo by Craig Baxter.
3pm: Holidaymakers Scott Noakes and son Damon Noakes (3), both of Christchurch, take advantage of a sunny afternoon on Lake Wanaka. Photo by Craig Baxter.
3.30pm: Mt Aspiring college Year 8 pupils Sam Wilson (12), left, and Denham Bayer (12) walk home from school. Photo by Craig Baxter.
3.52pm: Enjoying a swim to cool off in beautiful Lake Wanaka are AJ Wilson, Katie Read (10) and Annabele Read, all of Ashburton. Photo by Nikki Heath.
4.50pm: Two men relax on an inflatable double bed on a hot afternoon in Lake Wanaka. Photo by Marjorie Cook.
12.36am, early Saturday: Rural Drink Drive Unit cop Delaine Patterson, of Alexandra, completing her paperwork in the Wanaka Police Station after taking a drunk driver off the road. Photo by Nikki Heath.
9:42am: Dr Douglas Hill about to start the Icebreaker Challenge to cycle from Glendu Bay Wanaka to Arrowtown. Photo by Graham Hill.
10.50am: 2300 mountain bike riders mass at Glendhu Bay for the race start. Photo by Derek Morrison.
12.40pm: Israelis Tzuki Fried (head towards camera), Aviv Agami and Smadar Henn (right) relax by Lake Wanaka while they wait for a bus. Photo by Craig Baxter.
1.50pm: The lunch crowd on Ardmore Street in Wanaka. Photo by Craig Baxter.
2.00pm: Austin of Germany takes a break from pruning at Rippon vineyard. Photo by David Ford.
2.19pm: Club Day at the Wanaka Bowling Club. Photo by Craig Baxter.
2.35pm: Wanaka mum Michelle Cotter takes a turn to look after Paddy’s Market, a fundraiser for a playground at Holy Family School in Wanaka. Photo by Craig Baxter.
4pm: Spectators at the qualifier for finals of the A&P show dog trials on the Cardrona Valley Road. Photo by Craig Baxter.
9.29pm: Kate Smith and Paul Allen (Auckland) dine at their favourite restaurant, the White House in Wanaka. Photo by Nikki Heath.
10:54pm: The crowd at Wanaka’s traditional pub, the Bullock Bar. Photo by Nikki Heath.
8.54am Competitors wait to sign in for the Icebreaker Motutapu Challenge, at Glendhu Bay, Saturday morning. Photo by Bartha Hill.
10.38am: Liz Nuttall during the Motatapu Marathon near Wanaka. Photo by Rebecca Dale-Emberton.
11.17am: Annie Swan and Jacqui Gordon take Golden Retrievers Amber and Jaspar for a swim in Penrith Bay, Lake Wanaka. Photo by Andrew Swan.
11.02am: The Motatapu Icebreaker 09. Photo by Donna Falconer.
Images from the Otago Daily Times souvenir publication 24 hours in Otago. Prints of ODT photos are available from otagoimages.co.nz.