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Volcanic wonders and coastal relaxation!
... life for the afternoon. As another birthday treat we went for dinner at an Indian restaurant before going to watch the New Zealand-Australia game. The atmosphere in the pub was one of tension and nerves – so finally when New Zealand ...
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Rotorua
... to run back to the campervan in the freezing cold. Bet they don't make you do that there. 26th April 2007 - Rotorua, New Zealand Our weather luck ran out today and it rained most of the day. We visited Te Puia today, a cultural centre ...
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Smelly City
... some amazing Kayakers. It hurt our arms just lifting our coffee cups watching them! As we entered Rotorua we had our picnic lunch at Kuirau Park before wandering around the steaming sulpherous holes and bubbling mud pools it contained. Scary thing was ...
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Rotorua
... and roll down a hill getting squashed by Tom! It was a really strange experience but lots of fun! We then headed to Kuirau Park where there is a lot of volcanic activity under the ground, evidence of this is the numerous hot bubbly steaming holes in ...
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A faint whiff of sulphur
... springs and the fact that it is a centre for Maori culture. There is a sulphorous smell to the place. We walk in Kuirau park and admire the bubbling mud and steaming pools. In the evening, we enjoy bangers and mash at the Fat Dog Cafe. ...
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Sulphur City
... no pleasing some people! Eating deep fried bread We were told we couldn't miss the weekly farmers Market at Kuirau park as we had to sample the Rotorua delicacy that is deep fried bread with butter and golden syrup. The fried bread stall was by far the ...
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ROTORUA AND WAITOMO
... room and a washing machine and a supermarket across the road. We spent the first couple of days exploring Rotorua on foot. Walking through Kuirau Park which had been visible to us on the coach during our journey. This park has plenty of pools containing ...
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I can see the Shire!
... next day I explored Rotorua a bit more. I had already seen some examples of it's geothermal activity at Hell's Gate, but I went to Kuirau Park, which is free to walk around, and saw loads of steaming pools and mud, it was fantasic. Even parts of the ...
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Gondola and Kuirau Park in Rotorua
... I ended up going out at 10 to walk a few miles through Kuirau Park up to the Skyline Gondola. Kuirau Park is literally right across from the YHA and is essentially a free geothermal activity area. Many sections of the park were closed ...
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Rotorau
... took some photos of the bubbling mud and steam. It was still raining so we didn't walk around for long. We got back in the van and drove past Kuirau Park, which had much better bubbling mud and steam and then drove back to the campsite for the ...
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