Well it was a long haul to get to Auckland .....on the way we passed Lake Taupo, which is larger than Singapore, another definate WOW
and our first black swans - for some reason I thought you only found them in Swan Lake!
and then would you believe we made a detour to Rotorua - which is a major volcanic area. Having driven past three active volcanoes ....
we then entered the area of major thermal activity. Rotorua is situated on a volcanic rift which stretches in a 200km line fro White Island off the coast to Lake Taupo and the volcanoes we had earlier driven past in the Tongariro National Park.
It was pretty impressive - as we drove along steam was coming out of bushes and rising from streams and rocks.
We only had time to visit one main area of activity and we chose Te Puia. We saw geysers, bubbling mud pools and hot thermal springs.
The smell of sulphur was awful - but it is pretty sobering to see the earth bubbling away using its own power.
We made it to the final campsite just south of Auckland.
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