March 16th.
Right after breakfast, we check out and
headed straight to Lake Rotorua. It was beautiful with a group of ducks looking
for breakfast, certainly a serene sight to enjoy.
Peacefulness.
Serenity.
Quack, quack.
After a short drive we were at the lookout
point of two lakes, unique for their colours.
Info board & common sense
reminder!!!
Green Lake. (
photo / image / picture from KK Ng's
Garden )
Why
Green.
Blue Lake.
Why
Blue.
Fresh & Lovely
One
for nature.
After enjoying the Blue and Green lake, we
arrived at the [url=http://www.buriedvillage.co.nz/ ]Buried Village[/url].
According to our host there is nothing to see because it was already buried so
we decided to save and give it a past.
Here it is!!!
A
long telephone booth.
A
typical British post box.
When we pass by Lake Rotorua on our way to
our next destination, families were out to enjoy the freshness of the lake.
It
must be cold!!!
Next stop was The Redwoods Whakarewarewa
Forest
Welcome committee.
Hello!!!
Nice to meet you.
Into the forest we go!!!
Yes, no turning back!!!
Hmmm …..
Tree huggers!!!
How
tall huh?
This tall.
I’ll climb it to confirm!!!
After all the excitement about the Redwood
trees, we stop by at Benny Bee to buy honey in comb which we couldn’t get in
Wellington.
Benny Bee – cater mainly to
locals.
Honey in comb.
Yummie!!!
After having our honey comb feed, we
continued on our way and experienced our first cow crossing. There is like
hundreds if not thousands of Friesian cows crossing the road from the pastures
to the milking station to be milked. It would had been a great experience for us
if we had the opportunity to see how the cows were milked but that thought was
not with us at that time …. I guess it was just the excitement of seeing so many
cows at a time …. WOW!!!
A
moo-moo crossing.
Friesian moos….
Moo-moo train!!!
When we were getting close to Taupo we came
across a gathering of Ducati Bikes by the Ducati Owners Club of New Zealand in Wairakei Resort. There were
so many of them in on display in the open and it would be ashamed to give it a
miss. When we stopped to get a closer look at the bikes, I was like kind of a in
a different world of mine own.
Where is that guy?
Can
I have this?
Dream on baby!!!
Vroom, vroom!!!
I
want this!!!
Vintage beauty.
All
in pristine condition.
I
like this.
Latest models.
They cost a bomb!!!
The
rider & owner is a lady.
After all the excitement of the Ducati bikes,
we stopped by Huka Honey
Hive which cater more for tourist.
Huka Honey Hive.
Where is the queen?
Here try some liqueur & wine
honey.
Hehehe …I want more!!!
A
naughty Mazda.
Next stop is Huka Falls
The
Huka Falls.
It’s down there.
There it is.
The
water is so clean!!!
Where is the Jet boat?
There it is…oops!!!
The
beautiful ice blue water.
A
brief description.
Further downstream is where you can take a
ride in the jet boat, Hukafalls Jet.
The
propulsion system.
The
boarding area.
The
jet boat.
They are off!!!
To
the falls … yahoo!!!
Another place that we wanted to visit around
this area is Huka Prawn
Park where Shawn the Prawn lives. I guess we were late and the prawns had
already started their exercising so it was closed.
We
were too late … sigh.
So we proceed on to check into our motel,
took a short break and went for dinner. This time we knew exactly where we want
to eat Crooked Door
Inn which was highly recommended by a very reliable source.
Here we are.
Nice and cosy.
Shall we start?
Yum-yum, my favourite.
Lamb shank.
Beef & Mushroom Hot Pot.
Grilled Scallops and Chorizo.
That was a yummy dinner in a real nice and
cosy place. After a full fun filled day, it was time to head back to the motel
and call it day.
March 17th
Right after breakfast we check out of the
motel and hit the road back to Dannevirke using a different route from where we
came from.
The
motel we stayed in.
At
the office checking out.
Ready to go?
Next stop is [url= http://www.taupobungy.co.nz/]Taupo Bungy[/url], a extreme
sports the very brave or crazy. Nope it is not for me.
Eee…scary!!!
Not
this either!!!
Can
you see the person?
Jumping station.
Weeee!!! Off they go.
There they are.
After all the craziness we went back to Taupo
to do some souvenir shopping.
Souvenir shop.
I
got a bargain!!!
I’m
done, let’s go!!!
We were soon on our way towards Rangipo
Desert.
It
was raining.
The
Rangipo Desert.
The
rain stopped.
Our next stop is the National Army Museum in
Waiouru along the desert road.
War
Machine.
This mine?
Story of the war machines.
A
new discovery for me.
Thanks mate.
War
horse.
An
unpleasant story.
Iron horse.
That was the last stop for us before we
arrived back in Dannevirke.
Beautiful sight.
My new found friend was waiting for us when
we arrived back at the bed and breakfast place.
Charles the cat.
After a short break at the bed &
breakfast, we headed to our host place for more chit chat and dinner.
Cheese!!!
Never seen such huge hydrangeas
ever.
One
for the album.
March 18th.
It was a slow day, our host
was busy and we were left on our own. We decided to take it easy and explore
this little town.
The
main street …treacherous cloud!!!
My
Missus favourite place, 30mins. free internet.
Red
shop with red car.
Down come the rain!!!
Having a hot cup of coffee.
When we got to our host place in the late
afternoon, her neighbour gave us a container full of raspberry for us to enjoy
from his own shrub.
Yum!!!
This is the way to enjoy it!!!
Preparing dinner.
Yummy fried fish.
March 19th
Today is a special day, we get
to spent time with all the family members of our host and it was wonderful. The
temperature was exceptionally cold too.
Starting a fire.
Nice and warm.
Roast chicken … yum!!!
Happiness.
After dinner entertainment.
Sharing a joke
Very at home!!!
Relaxing….
Enjoying a wonderful moment.
Another round of entertainment.
I
started this fire…..
Enjoying the warmth…. Nice!!!
Next back to Auckland.
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