Black Swan on Lake Rotorua

Rotorua

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July 15th 2012
You know you're in Rotoru because the smell of rotten eggs hits you like a brick wall. It's such a bad smell it makes your stomach sick. The smell is from the sulphur- Rotorua is on a Caldera- a super-volcano. But you put up with the smell because with a caldera comes great and amazing things to see- such as geysers, mud pools and hot springs. We parked Red Dwarf in a holiday park near the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more