Lakeside Motel Taupo

... my kind hosts took me around the area.  I like this town it is a great area, lots of parks and gardens and lakeside walks, beautifully laid out, open to cyclists too.  We went to Huka falls which is quite spectacular, inasmuch as the falls ...

... relaxed water experience. We took a lake cruise for two and a half hours round to see some modern maori rock carvings on the lakeside that aren't accessible by land. We chose to go on a boat called the Barbary which was a motor and sailing boat. There ...

... quite a lot of amusement to the spectators. Interestingly enough we were probably the first to shout 'fore' from the lakeside! We enjoyed a stroll part round the lake and picked up enough pumice stones (or stones that we think are pumice) to ...

... to take the lead and be seen to take control. As a result we wasted lots of time and ended up arriving at midnight. Even better the motel had messed up our rooms so crany and tired we waited for an hour in the cold for the room with flu in full flight. ...

... to sea set out like a putting green with extra large holes set in it. The only drawback is that you must tee off from the lakeside. The aim is, of course, to get a hole-in-one and win a cash prize. This particular sideshow in Taupo has always been ...

... I was still feeling a bit dodgy. On The Road Again We weren't on the road for long before we came across a lovely we lakeside town called Taupo.  It looked really sunny from the car and I only had my flipflops but on opening the cardoor it was nearly ...

... for home. 8/7 We were once more hitting the road with Don and Norma today with a trip further south still, to the lakeside town of Taupo. The drive south-east proved to be our most scenic drive so far along Highway 1, through dense forests and ...