Prawn Park Taupo

... right away that they weren’t doing it for leisurely exercise. They were training. Because in two days time Taupo would be hosting the 2011 New Zealand Iron Man. Katie and I were excited to see the competition front and center, and even more ...

... feeding a pet sheep (called weetbix) and chickens until Nick got pecked on the hand by a chicken. We headed to the Huka Prawn Park for lunch. A big feed for everyone but only Anthony had prawns. Over lunch we tried to convince Nick to go in the ...

... Park! With my obsessive love of prawns, this was something of a pilgrimage for me - a park full of prawns, hurray! The Prawn Park is slightly strange, and a little smelly, due to the fact that it is geothermically heated. We declined the opportunity ...

... sulphuric vapour left us a bit light-headed as we made our way back to the bus to continue our journey down New Zealand's volcanic central plateau.   As our journey south continued through the ever-changing landscape of the North Island, we ...

... - lots of 360 turns and jumps out of the water through the rapids.   We then headed to Taupo's next tourist hotspot the "Huka Prawn Park"- the worlds only geothermally heated freshwater prawn farm.  Having no idea what to expect here we ...

... , a Mexican restaurant in town ...Now being that Cory's dad is actually Mexican we found out that our idea (and apparently New Zealand's too) of what Mexican food is is not quite right and the only advice given was to actually go to Mexico and ...

We arrived to beautiful weather which we were very pleased about.  Lake Taupo is New Zealand's largest and was created by one of the biggest volcanic erruptions ever. No worry though as it was over 26,500 years ago.  It is ...

... so mystical and unusual, it really has to be seen to be believed. After this fantastic experience we went to the Prawn Park. This is quite a humorous place, you can do everything from fishing for prawns, feeding baby prawns to playing golf over ...

... tour guide.   The afternoon much to my excitement, was designtated as more fishing time, so we headed back out to the prawn park determined to catch enough for tea. Sadly luck wasn't on our side this time and we came away with three little prawns ...

... . The upshot of all this adrenalin and the hot day = Judy being sick! Bet you are saying serve you right!!! Must go, back soon and Ill tell you about the mountain biking the next day and the Prawn Park - yes a park for prawns whatever next ...