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Showing posts with label Rotorua Walkway. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Sights and Smells of Te Kauanga



Along the Rotoura Walkway is the sights and smells of Te Kauanga.  The area has a smell from sulphurous gases belched from the depths of the earth.  The yellow and black colors in the rocks are sulphur crystals formed from rising hydrogen sulphide gas.  The gas was very active and people were not allowed to walk off the trail.  The Grey colored rock was formed from silica, deposited by alkaline spring water that flowed over this area when the lake level was high.  Green and brown algae grow in some of the warm, shallow waters.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Sulphur Bay Wildlife Refuge





The Rotorua Walkway included a walk through Sulphur Bay Wildlife Refuge.  I never seen so many birds in one place.

Rotorua Walkway New Zealand




This is some of the scenery from the Rotorua Walkway on Lake Rotorua.  These pictures were taken in February 2014 at summertime.