 | Day 31 Turangi to Wairoa |
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| Dull morning at Motoupapa |
| Still a dull morning at Motoupapa |
| Lake Taupo in drizzle |
| The lake at Taupo could hardly be seen |
| Whakamoenga Point is just visible |
| Pipes from the geothermal area near Wairakei |
| Superheated steam is collected deep underground |
| One of three geothermal power stations |
| Steam escapes all around - the fence doesn't work! |
| Instead of cooling towers - cooling fans |
| It really is that HOT !!! |
| Three more power stations are planned for Wairakei |
| Just can't get away from the chooks |
| Geothermal area above Wairakei |
| A great 1.5 km trek through an alien landscape |
| Rudyard Kipling wrote about Wairakei |
| Fumaroles are everywhere |
| The heat from the ground hits you |
| Old Geezer by an older geyser |
| It says the Devils Ink Pot |
| A stream runs through the boiling area |
| The area erupts with vapour |
| Almost difficult to see 'er indoors |
| Porridge Pool left - Chocolate Pot to the right |
| Like being in an outdoor sauna |
| The Dragons Mouth |
| Told you !!!! |
| Himself by the Dragons Mouth |
| Bad egg smell (hydrogen-sulphide) all around |
| The Porridge Pool was quiet today |
| The Chocolate Pot barely bubbled |
| The mud pools were quite eerie |
| Hubble bubble, toil and trouble |
| Amazingly different colours of silicate deposit |
| Petrification under way |
| Copper leaching through shows green |
| The stream has some very pretty falls |
| The Eagle Nest - now dormant |
| Tropical ferns grow due to the warmth |
| A smaller fumarole at Wairakei scenic reserve |
| Steams like it's all around us |
| This way to the Devils Throat |
| Jungle Jim looking like he needs a Jungle Gym |
| Lake Aratiatia through the trees |
| An eerie sight at Craters of the Moon |
| Info about Craters of the Moon |
| The area only appeared in 1959 |
| A quite large fumarole |
| Massive forces at work producing this energy |
| It's a pity one can't photograph the noise ! |
| The Crater site is twice as large these days |
| The heat becomes almost too much |
| It takes over an hour to walk the site |
| A really hot bubbling mud pool - about 15m across |
| Closer in on the bubbling mud |
| Mount Tauhara is 10 km away |
| Some new vents on the side of a hill 50m above us! |
| Taupo town centre - Ironman Bike Race Day |
| The streets were jam packed |
| A triathlon too - The enthusiasm was fantastic. |
| Right on the edge of Lake Taupo |
| Looking back at Westshore - Napier |
| A view along Hawke Bay |
| Napier was rebuilt after a 1931 earthquake |
| Towards Napiers container port |
| A penguin was spotted |
| Come closer now |
| Unusual to see them during the day |
| That's better - start posing |
| The penguin, believed a Yellow eye, was amazing |
| Smile please !!! |
| So agile and fast - but obviously not a Yellow Eye |
| The penguin was taking fish caught by anglers |
| Just feet away from the rocky shore |
| Acrobatics under water - tremendous |
| Napiers Centennial Gardens with waterfall |
| An art-deco dwelling near Bluff hill |
| The upper end of Napier |
| View from Bluff Hill south |
| Napiers new timber wharf with Hawke Bay beyond |
| The very busy container port at Napier |
| Called the Art-Deco capital of the world |
| The rebuild styles are obviously 30's |
| Even the beach front bandstand is swish |
| So stylish - Poirot would feel really at home here |
| Napier was very tastefully redesigned |
| Our truck in Napiers Marine Parade |
| An impressive railway viaduct near Raupunga |
| Our view at Riverside Campsite, Wairoa |
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