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A Thermal Wonderland
(Mar 09 '07)
"You know those cartoons where the miser finally opens his wallet to pay for something and moths fly out, think Mark on this holiday."
Geothermal Parks & Sledging. (photos)
(Nov 19 '06)
For those of you that don't know New Zealand is a hot bed for activity. Not just adventure activities like bungee jumping, but geothermal activities as well. Rotorua is essentially one massive ...
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An early rise, quick breakfast, followed by picking up Amy, and we were off- leaving the wonders of Waitomo behind us. Due to the car only ...
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Gemma: Ha ha! This will teach you all to complain about our lack of blogging - we suggest you settle down with a cup of tea before you start reading, you could be a while...
Our desire for a good ...
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Smellyville
(Sep 30 '06)
Rotorua is smelly... and I mean rotten egg smelly! Rotorua has a thinner earth crust than anywhere else in the world, and so geothermal activity is aplenty. I'm talking geysers, bubbling pools of ...
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Rotorua - Wai-o-Tapu
(Jan 21 '07)
From Auckland we drove down to Rotorua, about 250 kms. On the way we stopped in Cambridge, a quaint little village founded in 1864.
The scenery along the way was beautiful and we really enjoyed the ...
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Having got soaked two days running the ‘kids’ opted for a third and took the plunge quite literally on the Kaituma River in a rubber dinghy but first of all was something ...
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Rotten-Rua
(Mar 04 '07)
"The photographer did an excellent job of capturing his tumble, frame by frame"
Rotorua earned its nickname ‘Rotten-Rua’ as a result of the distinctly eggy smell that lingers around it, owing to the ...
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New Zealand, Rotorua: Sheep and Smelly Thermal Wonders
(Oct 24 '07)
"The smells we had to draw in through our nostrils were often of the "rotten egg" variety"
The infamous hydrothermal area of Rotorua was the next destination on our campervan trip around New Zealand. The ...
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Day 16 (sorry this is a long one)
(Feb 04 '07)
"severely pissed off and it went for Luke, in fact it jumped straight at his balls..."
Rotorua - Breathe in the Sulpher rich air of Rotorua and youve already got a taste of NZ most Dynamic thermal area ...
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