Rotorua day 4 – water, water everywhere

Wednesday 22nd May 2013

In the morning we drove up and around Lake Tarawera – it was a lovely sunny morning to watch the clouds roll over Mount Tarawera (the volcano that erupted in 1886).

On the way we had stopped at Lake Tikitapu, also known as the Blue Lake.

Lake Tikitapu - the Blue Lake
Lake Tikitapu – the Blue Lake

It is the sister lake to Lake Rotokakahi, or the Green lake. One has a very sandy bottom, so should look very blue and the other doesn’t so looks greener. However, when we stopped at the viewpoint where you can compare them side by side we weren’t really able to see the difference…

Lake Rotokakahi (green) on one sideLake Tikitapu (blue) on the other

Back in Rotorua we had lunch at the amazing Fat Dog Cafe, where Jim made a new friend and spent the rest of our final day in Rotorua doing very little else.

Distance travelled: 45km

Total distance travelled: 21,579km

About Benjamin Welby

Hi, I'm Benjamin Welby. I'm a displaced northerner currently living in Croydon, I church with a group of Christians who meet in a Soho nightclub on Wednesdays and I support Bradford City. I've an academic background in History, Politics and International Development. I work for the Government Digital Service but I left my heart in local government. This blog is infrequently updated and may feature any, all or none of these things...