Days 7 & 8

We visited the Waitomo Caves on Saturday and saw wonderful limestone formations and glow-worms. besides people black water rafting which meant that all we could see was a line of small red lights going along the river below in complete darkness. The evening saw us at a Maori supper and entertainment - not so impressive as the Treaty House but great fun. Today we had breakfast on a Paddle steamer on Lake Rotorua and then to the Agrodome to see sheep shearing and sheepdog trials. We then went to the Thermal area and saw two Geysers erupt-there are mud pools and steaming rocks all through the town and a srong smell of sulphur! This afternon we met friends from GB and they took us around the area and to see several other lakes and Mount Tarawera- a volcano which erupted in 1886 causing tremendous damage. Tomorrow we head south for Wellington. More on Tuesday -the sun still shines here!