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Gyser in Rotorua
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....On our way out of Rotorua we stopped to see the show at the Agrodome. It was too funny! They had all kinds of sheep breeds on display and did a sheep shearing demonstration on stage. We decided that one of the sheep kinda looked like a Eugene.. hahaha
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| Different breeds of sheep with dogs balancing on top, at the Agrodome. |
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| "The Lister" at the Agrowdome. I believe it was an old sheep shearing device. |
We were only in Lake Taupo for one night and did not see much unfortunately as it was pouring pretty much the entire time we were there. We did manage to hike out to a pretty powerful waterfall called Huka Falls while we were there though.
Next stop, Waitomo.. This area is full of all kinds of caves and cave tours. We did 2 tours here; the first one was the Glowworm Caves. They take you one a bit of a walk through a cave and than towards the end put you and a pile of others onto a row boat, on a river running through the cave, in the dark. From the boat you can look up to see all these glowing dots. It is a lot like looking at a beautiful starry sky. We learned that the glowworm is basically a larvae or worm that has a glowing butt. It captures insects to eat while it grows and eventually turns into a fly. The strange part is that it becomes a fly without a mouth and only lives 2-5 days before dying.
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| Standing at the point where we exited the cave on a row boat |
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| Brochure of the two cave tours we took in Waitomo |
The second tour we did was a 1.5 hour (1.6km) walking tour through another cave called Ruakuri. You enter the cave by walking down this large spiral walk way to the cave way underground. They have a walkway and small lights positioned along the way so that you can see some of the features of the cave. At one point we were asked to walk several minutes without any lights which was pretty freaky as it was pitch black and you could hear dripping sounds and running water from the river far below.
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| Spiral walk way taking us way down into the cave |
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| Walkway through the cave. It was extremely dark so I was forced to use my flash and temporarily blind everyone to get any decent photos. |
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| Guy hanging way up, with river below, installing anchors for a new cave tour. The new tour will have people repelling up, down and from side to side through the caves on a cable system. |
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| Threads hanging from the glowworms. This is how they catch the bugs they eat. |
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| Photo (without flash) of trevor walking infront of me |
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| Scallops in the cave rock |
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