Glow worms
NZ Pigeon
Pat and Don at Tawhai Falls
WellingtonWe connected with Linda Erby, who had been touring NZ by bus. We spent several days exploring the area around Rotorua together. We visited a village buried by a volcano, hiked in a Redwood forest, and toured the Rotorua Museum. Further south, in Taupo, we hiked to Huku Falls and the Crater of the Moon. We saw Maori rock carvings while boating on Lake Taupo. We took a raft through a cave in Waitomo and saw thousands of glow worms, enough to illuminate the cave. At a nearby bird center, we saw kiwi birds and other native birds. In Tongariro NP we hiked to several waterfalls and drove to “Mount Doom” (a ski hill used as a set in Lord of the Rings).
After a week together, Linda resumed her trip to the north, while we continued south to Wellington. We spent half a day in the TePapa Museum and still didn’t see all the “Must See” exhibits. On our second day in town, we took the cable car to the Carter Observatory and the Botanical Gardens. We finished with a drive along Wellington’s scenic south coast.
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