Craters of the Moon

Today is a much brighter day, although the forecast had said otherwise, so we took the opportunity for a “ticky tour”.

An old friend of Leigh’s, Fiona, joined us with her ten year old son, Scott, as we headed up to the platform where they do Bungy Jumping high over a gorge in Taupo.

Have no fear, I have absolutely no wish to take part in this rediculous act of foolhardiness!!! Comfort zone or no comfort zone! However I was happy to watch these idiots as they flung themselves out into the ether, leaving their insides behind on the platform 60 feet or so above.

We then headed up to the “Craters of the Moon”. This was a concentrated area of geothermic craters where you could spend an hour or so viewing the puffs of steam coming out of holes of varying sizes.

Some of these craters have the most beautiful colouring caused by the layering of different minerals. Some of the larger craters had hot bubbling cauldrons in them.

Finally we checked out the aerodrome where the parachute jumps take place… hmmm we’ll see!

On the way back we drove in round the Botanical Gardens where the Rhododendrons were at their best.

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