Our usual early start saw us on the road at 8.30; we had about 50km’s to ride to get over to a Geo Thermal area where a large Geyser named “The Lady Knox” blows her top at about 10.15 every day. We made it in plenty of time and it was fun to see and hear how the Geyser works and finally shoot her hot water high into the air. Once we had seen this we were able to take a stroll around the area and look at the remarkable landscape that bubbles and steams and gives off the smell of Sulphur.
Then we jumped back on the bikes and made our back the 50km to Taupo for a spot of lunch. The temperature was now about 30 degrees and very hot so we dumped the bikes grabbed our swim gear and went with Baz, by van, to a nearby river. We planned to go for a dip. Baz had a couple of bottles wine and some glasses and we made our way down to the bank. Quite a few people had the same idea but there was still room for us to get in. The river was fed by hot thermal springs and so we had a rather wonderful experience of bathing in the river and moving from hot to cold areas while we had a swim. Then we popped the wine and drank a glass while basking in the sunshine.
Packing it all in today we then set off to a dam that let out water every couple of hours into a gorge. A great sight as the water thundered from the sluice gates, it filled the gorge in minutes.
Our last day of the tour is officially tomorrow. We are riding back Waihi to leave the bikes at Baz’s premises and take the van onto Auckland and our end of tour dinner; where has a month gone?
Hi bruv,
ReplyDeleteby the time you read this you will have finished your trip. We have loved following the blogg, you guys will need a holiday now, that must have been an amazing ride, so much to see and take in.
Looking forward to you returning home.
hi you lot
ReplyDeleteWhat a ride you had,
Looking froward to the CD !!!!!!!!
Just to keep you up to date with the news at home
we have had a little bit of percipitation over the few days, in laymans terms it has been pissing down for the last 4/5 days,
Looking forward to the returning home party, hint hint!!
Keep the black suff off your ass
John & Sandra
AND BIG TED SAID TO ANDY
ReplyDelete"TIME TO GO HOME" ANDY IS WAVING GOOD BYE BOO HOO !!!
AND NOW IT'S NEARLY OVER SOON GOES DOES'NT IT
SAFE JOURNEY HOME SEE YOU ALL SOON
:-)
SANDIE & JOHN XX
that seemed to go realy quick was just getting into the blog each day. looking forward to seeing you all soon
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Ed and Sue
G'day Rog et al. The weather you've had is apparently what they had here in Melbourne for the whole fortnight we were in NZ - unseasonably hot (over 30 degrees C every day!) - hottest November fortnight EVER recorded, followed immediately by the wettest 48 hours in 5 years. Glad we missed it. It was superb (except at the glaciers) for almost all of our time in NZ. Sorry you are leaving us here `down under'. Hope you've all had a fabulous time. Cheers from us, Garth and Yolanda
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