easter break day trip ..couple of pics to share

**Laura's Babies** · 04-16-2009, 09:01 PM

WOW! That is a stunning spot to visit! Beautiful pictures!

**carole** · 04-16-2009, 10:46 PM

I have added these pics, obviously not taken by me, but the first pic is the kind of picture i would be able to get in winter time, Taupo is geo thermal.so you can expect to see lots of geysers..craters,hot steam

second picture is of the shopping area across from the lake, with many eateries ,we had lunch there.

Third picture is craters of the moon, which is about 9kms out of Taupo city, in a place called wairakei pronounced (why rack e).

There is another very special place to visit 25 mins north of Taupo ,orakei korako (o rack e co ruck o)called the hidden valley,the meaning of this place is the place adorning, a geyserland and cave,i went there some years back, you have to take a little boat across the water to it, it is amazing, well worth the trip, there is a cafe there and accommodation too on the opposite side., all of this within two hours drive away from my home..almost like another world ,with gushing geysers,hot springs,boiling mud pools and some of the biggest silica terraces in the world.,personally i think it is a little piece of magic.

This is a picture of some of it, you can see the boardwalk that you can walk across the geothermal wonderland.

Hope you all enjoy.

**Killearn Kitties** · 04-17-2009, 05:21 AM

What a beautiful place, Carole. It looks just perfect for a break.

**RICHARD** · 04-17-2009, 01:46 PM

How many rooms are there in your house?

Or, I can live in your garage.

**phesina** · 04-17-2009, 07:26 PM

Amazing!. Those sights are breathtakingly beautiful.

**carole** · 04-18-2009, 07:36 PM

Ha Richard you can have the old caravan on the property if you like amongst all our bits and bobs we store in there, i think there is still a bed in there,i think you might call it a 1 star or below accommodation, but hey you are a real man aren't you? so you won't mind roughing it, you will have some spiders for company i am sure lol.

Glad you all enjoyed seeing a little part of down under,and that is just the beginning so many other lovely places to explore.