Geo Thermal and Volcanic Day 2
Fozzie gets a name
Before leaving we serviced the RV, empty grey water, fill fresh, empty toilet canister and recharge chemicals. get rid of any rubbish. The joys of van life.
Our motorhome is now named Fozzie. We were being highbrow and giving it a Mauri name and had decided on Waka, meaning canoe which is how the Mauri explored new worlds. However, we couldn't get out of our heads Fozzie Bear saying what sounded like Waka, Waka and gave up our lofty intentions and settled for Fozzie.
Thermal Wonderland
A good fun few hours at Thermal Wonderland. There is the Lady Knox geyser which is seeded at 10am every day which we had as a target time but on arrival we decided to head into the main volcanic area while everyone else drove or walked to the geyser 'experience'. We have seen large geysers in the US and felt we could forgo it for the pleasure of wandering a quiet park which was a good decision as it filled up as we were leaving.
As you browse the photos, remember blogs only contain the best. We really enjoyed our few hours at Thermal Wonderland largely because of the long walks up and down through bush and few really good features.
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| characteristic of this volcanic area, steam randomly appearing in the undergrowth |
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| minerals creating colours |
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| high and low bush whilst exploring |
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| blue pool |
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| orange bands when steam blows away |
On the way out of the park we diverted to a mud pool which was free yet one of the best features we saw with amusing plops of mud burping into the air.
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| bubbling mud |
Shop stop for stores and Lynne highly amused by returning the 'trundler'
Statistics: Miles today: 129 ; Miles so far: 421 ; Fuel added so far: 63 litres ; North Island; Time Zone: UTC +13 New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT )
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