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Wai-o-tapu (quote) Thermal Wonderland
(Nov 29 '06)
Just a stop off on the way to Taupo down the road, this place was pretty cool, despite smelling of Bunny landfill in Leicestershire. Could've done without that flashback. There was a geyser and ...
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Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Park
(Jun 06 '07)
"Avani even started trying to nap by the side of a steaming pool"
It seems we just can't get enough of the geothermal activity in the area. This day we all decided to head over to the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal ...
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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."
The Road to Rotorua
(Jul 08 '06)
"As we sit on an outcropping of rock, we can feel our bottoms gently warmed by the geothermal heat below!"
Today began with an 8am departure south via the Southern Motorway through the sprawling suburbs ...
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Christmas with the family
(Dec 25 '06)
"Christmas was grreat, very different, although the weather was not a hot as usual (or so I was informed!!!)"
Set off from Raglan via the Waitomo glow worm caves, very cold and lots of stalactites and ...
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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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We've been in Rotorua now for a couple of days. We called Stray (the tour company) to book our bus out of here, but unfortunately we can't get out until the 7th. No worries though. I ...
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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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Volcanos and Geysers and Steam (Oh my!)
(Aug 11 '06)
Day 19:
Stephanie, we ain’t in Pennsylvania
anymore! Our drive to Taupo took us to thermal areas and volcanoes. This is a
very active geologic area, where the Pacific and Australian plates meet. ...
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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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Recent Blogs for Waiotapu
For several days folks at Tauhara wanted to know where the grannies were going next. The answer depended on whether we wanted to join up with some previous wwoofers; whether we ...
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The first two weeks at the Tauhara Centre were very different from our last wwoof at Awhitu. First of all, there are 8 wwoofers from all over Europe and are ...
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Geothermal Wonderland
(Mar 16 '08)
What a fun place, virtually everywhere in this town has hot springs and thermal activity in their gardens. We did a good town tour and started in Government gardens, walked to the lake front and found ...
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