Paul laughs while everyone else gets soaked

Oooh it's a bit eggy Doris!

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November 24th 2006
Wednesday 22nd November Laura - We left Taupo today and made our way to Rotorua, stopping on the way at a 'Thermal Wonderland'. Sorry to disappoint you Katie, but this place was not a centre for Primark thermals. It's actually a geothermal area with lots of steaming geysers, lava flows, silica terraces, and boiling mud pools. I'm no expert but I believe these are formed due to the volcanic activi ... 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