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Up early and out to Waiotapu the geothermal park. As you drive thru the countryside you can see plumes of steam rising from vents in the forest floor..they don't allow anyone to walk there as the surface isn't stable and drop you into a boiling cauldron at any moment.
Next stop were the bubbling mud pools and then onto Lady Knox geyser that goes off at 10.15 every morning ..it was a little disppointing that it's science not nature that makes it go off with such regularity...but it was discovered by prisoners who went to wash their clothes in a handy hot spring and ended up running for their lives!
The trip to Taupo was amazing..lakes, mountains and forests around every bend and breathtaking views every where you looked.
When we got to Lake Taupo which is the adventure town of North Island, some of the guys went off to do sky dive..or a bungee jump..the sight of the dummies hanging off the cranes was enough to scare me..at least..I think they were dummies...
Did go out sailing in Fearless, out to the Maori carvings and then for a swim,..a lovely way to end the day!
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