Day Four 2015 Orakei Korako Cave and Geo Thermal Park

Went for a wonderful walk today around the Orakei Korako Cave and Thermal Park which is between Taupo and Rotorua. Orakei Korako means 'The place of adorning'. 20 million litres of hot water flow over the 'silica' (a hard, unreactive, colorless compound that occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks) terraces everyday. So the silica in the hot water flows from the geysers and as the water cools, it crystallises into terraces and pools, forming giant staircases or waterfalls.

Day 55 Mud Pool at Rotorua

Day 56 'Can you feel the steam?'

I pass this mud pool everyday walking to the Rotorua Event Centre! It was steaming well today!

Day 55 Rotorua Museum

The photo of the day has to be of the picturesque Rotorua Museum. The Museum is in the historic Bath house building in the Government Gardens.

 

and then I had to include this one...

Restoration in progress

Day 54 Hamuranga Springs

I went for a walk with my sister-in-law to the Hamuranga Springs in Rotorua. It was a one kilometre walk in striking scenery. It is most famous for its clear fresh water springs and Redwood forest. It is the deepest natural spring in the North Island.

Day 53 View of Lake Rotorua from Good Life Vista

This is the view from my brother and sister-in-law's house in Ngongotaha, Rotorua.