Rototua views and the happening in the park ~

These two pics of the lake frontage at Rotorua should really be viewed as one WIDE pic

In the park at Rotorua there was a sudden eruption of boiling mud not so very long ago ~ here are some pics of the after effects.....

	Above left is a Maori meeting house. Above is the paved yard which had steam rising between the setts - guess I did not catch the steam in the pic! Black swan was on the lake - see panorama at top of page

Thermal pools and boiling mud at Wai-o-tapu

There are rather a lot of pics here - I found the whole place fascinating - I shall forgive you if you do not look at them all
The birds which nest in these cliffs do not need to incubate their eggs the rock is warm enough
And - of course - there were interesting moulds and lichens
Further up the road there were boiling mud pools
Below are two examples of boiling mud - the camera will take nine successive shots and these are converted into an animated gif - the action is repetetive but it is interesting for a short while.

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