Rotorua - North Island

Our 2.4 litre transit, what a beast
Sheep at the Agrodome



Jenn at the Agrodome
This guy puts on one of the funniest acts I've ever seen, educational though
Rainbow trout at rainbow springs
Silver fern

Te Whakarewarewa thermal reserve

2 geysers going off all the time
JIm and Jenn, enjoying the sulpher smell of rotorua



Mud Pools

Buffy and Rie learning a traditional maori dance
Our hangi dinner being cooked
Wai-o-tapu thermal reserve, hot pool
Another hot pool, look at the colours!
Notice the boardwalk across the hot pool
Hot Pool
Amazing colours at this hot pool


Lady knox geyser, erupts once a day at 10:15am
Thermal Mud Pool, Biggest in the country
Absolutely Amazing
Jim, Dave and Buffy beside mud pool
Mud Exploding

Drive from Rotorua to Wellington - North Island

Huka Falls
The Waikato river rushing through the falls
This is the longest rivier in the counrty, one of the best places in the world to go trout fishing
Huka falls
Laura fishing for prawns, this is the only place in the world this is done
Rie catching a prawn at the Prawn Farm
Adam caught one too
Jim caught a prawn, looks like lunch
indeed it was
Lake Taupo, largest lake in the country
Volcanoes around tongariro national park
Mt. Ruapehu, popular ski field
Mt. Ruapehu

Wellington - North Island

Wellington Cable Car
Jenn at the top after the Cable Car ride, what a hilly city!
Jenn in the Wellington Botanical Gardens

Jenn and Buffy looking at the roses
Roses at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden
Bright colours

The Beehive, New Zealand Parliament Builings
Te Papa Museum on the harbourfront
Buffy, Laura, Reno and Jim at the top of the Wellington Cable Car at night