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Touring geothermal areas
Fri Nov 16 Why do you go to smelly (rotten egg-hydrogen sulphide) Rotorua- to see geothermal areas. So we were off. We went to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland first. This is a walk around various craters, pots, bubbling mud pools, colorful steaming lakes and creeks and springs. There are three loops to do of around 30 to 45 minutes each. We did the first loop but then had to head to the big event of the Lady Knox Geyser in a different area of the park, which is a geyser ...
Kiwis, Glow worms and Mitai Village
... Maori arrived was a bat, so many of the birds lost their ability to fly. Today kiwi eggs are hunted by a variety of imported species including rats, opossum, stoats and feral cats. There is a major effort is eliminate some of the non-native predators and they have been successful on a few small islands.
We watched the kiwi walk around for a little while, then went outside to stroll through a pretty good aviary and along the duck ...
Rotorua Day 2
... good by the end. After the luge we went to the sky swing. For this you get harnessed into an open capsule and they winch you up about 100' into the air. Once at the top, you pulled the cord (which Gina did for us) that releases you. You drop and accelerate to 150km/h as you swing over the side of the mountain. You then swing back and forth until you eventually are going slow enough that the attendant can stop you. It was pretty exciting but if we ...
Rotorua - Day 2 (Waiotapu & Zorbing)
... completely off guard as the geyser erupted blowing water and all of their laundry everywhere. Apparently, articles of clothing were found all over the place for lots of time after that. The soap they added had created the chemical reaction which triggered the geyser to finally erupt; also the reason why they use soap to induce Lady Knox today. Once he added the soap, it took probably about 4-5 minutes to really get going but once it did, it was such a cool sight ...
Day Five: Rotarua to Auckland
... amoebic meningitis that enters through the nasal passages..., the son who confidently talked to me about all things NZ- thought he was at University, he was 14!! Met a band called Nikita and the Spook, touring the North Island from Wellington. Need to find them on FB. Took a detour through Tauranga. Got a flat- guess I bumped that tire into the left curb one too many times...feeling a bit defeated by my hurting leg and the missed opportunity to visit with Zoe in ...
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