Day 6 - Leaving Auckland and heading to Rotorua, New Zealand
The wheels on the bus go round and round. Ok, we didn't actually sing but anyway we drove from Auckland to Rotorua and on the way we stopped to see Devonport which is below and passed through Hobbiton, Lord of the rings territory and finally Rotorua where we spent the night. Learned a lot today about New Zealand. Visited the Kelly Tarltons's Antarctic Encounter, had lunch at Mission Bay and some people had ice cream from the swiss ice cream shop. Important fact about New Zealand there are many volcano. Other important fact about Rotorua is you smell a lot of Sulfur, can anyone say Dante' Peak? Yes there is steam from the lake. More pictures to come as soon.
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| View of Devonport |
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| Lake Rotorua, New Zealand |
Chris,
ReplyDeleteThe Hobbit stop was in Matamata, as the sign attests, on the North Island drive to Rotorua. You did go to Devonport, but that was on the ferry from back in Auckland the prior day.