Monday, March 12, 2012
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
We spent the month of February 2012 touring New Zealand with our car. Our circumnavigation of the South Island first took us down the east coast (Pacific Ocean side) and then up the west coast (Tasman Sea side). But first, we made two stops in the North Island (Rotorua and Wellington) before catching the ferry to the South Island. Our first stop was Rotorua, North Island. We sure caught a whiff of Rotorua’s sulphur-rich airs! Rotorua is NZ’s most dynamic thermal area – spurting geysers, steaming hot springs, and exploding mud pools. We explored this thermal area via bike and also enjoyed the lakefront, Government Gardens complete with museum, rose garden, croquet lawns and bowling greens. We stayed at our first holiday park – aren’t these cabins cute!
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Wellington (‘Welly”) is a brilliant city with lovely homes on the hillside overlooking the harbor. It’s also the capital of New Zealand and more importantly, host to the ‘Welly Seven’ rugby tournament. The world’s top seven-a-side rugby teams compete here, but it’s the crowd that plays up. We’ll let you guess if we had more fun watching the rugby tournament or people watching.
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