milhouse and sheepy before their trip to rotorua - unfortunately i omitted to let them out of the bags while there!
angie holding the cache she just found
andy (principal) in the rolling barrel - moments before he fell over
me pointing the way to our second cache
sandy's feet
mountain - don't ask which one cos i can never remember
mountain again
van parked on side of road while we hunt for a cache
same picture?
Boogie-O aka Bruce aka Yes Sir with his first cache find
this was supposed to be Lake Taupo but that darn road sign just jumped up and insisted on being in the picture!
more lake taupo
huka falls
sandy on her first visit to huka falls
rainbow mountain
gates into Prince's Park
Tourism building
i think these are the Blue Baths
at Kuirau park - that's steam people!
volcanic rocky stuff
tinkerbell travel bug i picked up at the Kuirau Thermal TB Hotel
grumpy mole tavern
grumpy mole close up
dancing queen
on my early morning walk on friday before sessions started - looking out over the lake - with steam rising from the lake
the steamy sulphur seems to kill vegetation and turn rocks white
small steamy vent by the track
an attempt to show that there isn't normal sand here - it's all white volcanic sand
a slightly better look at the white volcanic sand
the fence posts all turned rusty brown colour - this seems to have happened everywhere - must be the sulphur
this was supposed to be a couple of pukeko!
looking out over the lake again
looking out over a volcanic wasteland
the path ahead
lake front
you can quite clearly see the steam vents here
same as last picture taken from different angle
camerons laughing gas pool
steamy vent in front of me
close up of steamy vent from other side
sulphur remains
david warlick - the best speaker - i really enjoyed his sessions
on the road again ... towards home
new zealand's very own nuclear power station .... NOT
close up
yet another view of the thermal power station
maccers flying
drains to lake notification
pix taken for waymarking - the gumboot at taihape
me and the gumboot at taihape
me and the hunterway dog at hunterville
every 3rd or so brick has the name of a farmer and his dog
nearly home
