More from New Zealand

fiddler · 27th Mar 2006, 08:04 AM

OK Adrian asked if I had any more to share:
First pic, looking West, gives you an idea of the terrain and incline you encounter if you climb Mt Ngauruhoe. Second comes the view from beside the Red Crater of Mt Tongariro looking North over North Crater lava flow and the Blue Lake (sacred to the Maori, so swimming not allowed).
If you visit Taupo, then I recommend the following: take your trunks and a towel, and after a bungy jump at Taupobungy (out of town a short way on Spa Road - and you gotta ask them to set it up so you dunk into the Waikato River

), carry on just a bit to the turn to the Huka Falls walk. Park your car if you have one, start walking and you come to a spot where a hot spring joins the river. Have a good soak

(pic 3). Then walk just a bit further, and dive off rocks into the river, at a point where it is deep and very slow moving (pic 4 - hot spring in the distance). Walk on to the dramatic Huka Falls (that's my middle son, pic 5), and on your return, have another swim and soak

fiddler

doraemon · 27th Mar 2006, 10:51 AM

OMG.....this make me want to travel ASAP already...

ZuePhok · 27th Mar 2006, 04:05 PM

the second pic is breathtaking!

who_me_33 · 27th Mar 2006, 06:04 PM

Seeing as I live in NZ, I can safely say that quite a bit of the scenery is that good. And to think I moved from a small town with nice scenery to a vity, with concrete scenery.

Chai · 27th Mar 2006, 08:00 PM

Everyone is just equally breathtaking!

peaz · 27th Mar 2006, 11:43 PM

wow. the lake in the.. crater? nice shot!

fiddler · 28th Mar 2006, 09:29 AM

Thanks for the compliments peaz

I feel a bit embarrassed when I see some of the smashing photos you and Chai and others display here

and I can't even get the camera level

(Adrian did tell me to post shots here, honest ).
Anyway, apparently the Blue Lake is a "volcanic vent". You'll have to ask a volcanologist what the difference is between that and a crater. I did a bit of searching to find out but didn't get far. But I did find some more terrific shots of the Tongariro region at http://www.tobias-thierer.de/nzpics.html. It is indeed an awesome place.

fiddler

Chai · 28th Mar 2006, 07:37 PM

Don't worry, as far as scenery shots go, I'm probably a lot poorer than most...

Adrian Wong · 30th Mar 2006, 01:26 AM

Wow... Your shots are good! Please do post more!

Man, NZ looks damn nice! I wish I was with my parents touring the country right now.

Adrian Wong · 30th Mar 2006, 01:27 AM

BTW, do they do white water rafting at the Huka Falls?

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27th Mar 2006, 06:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
who_me_33 Newbie Join Date: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Seeing as I live in NZ, I can safely say that quite a bit of the scenery is that good. And to think I moved from a small town with nice scenery to a vity, with concrete scenery.

28th Mar 2006, 09:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
fiddler Warming up Join Date: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 111 Reputation: 570 Rep Power: 8	Thanks for the compliments peaz I feel a bit embarrassed when I see some of the smashing photos you and Chai and others display here and I can't even get the camera level (Adrian did tell me to post shots here, honest ). Anyway, apparently the Blue Lake is a "volcanic vent". You'll have to ask a volcanologist what the difference is between that and a crater. I did a bit of searching to find out but didn't get far. But I did find some more terrific shots of the Tongariro region at http://www.tobias-thierer.de/nzpics.html. It is indeed an awesome place. fiddler

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