Wandering.....

....amongst rising steam, bubbling mud and water at Kuirau Park in Rotorua, reminiscing childhood days as the rain was falling.

In the early 1800s, the small lake in the centre of the park was much cooler and was known as Taokahu. Legend tells us that a beautiful young woman named Kuiarau was bathing in the waters when a taniwha (dragon) dragged her to his lair below the lake. The gods above were infuriated and made the lake boil so that the Taniwha would be destroyed forever. From that time on, the bubbling lake and the steaming land around it have been known by the name of the lost woman, although the spelling has changed a little from Kuiarau to ‘Kuirau.’ 

Mum flew into Rotorua today, we whisked her through to Whakatane to spend a week with her sister while we continued with our roadie. For the next few days we're at Mount Maunganui, just down the road from the city of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty.   

Extras: Lake Rotoiti with it's beautiful reflections

Happy Tuesday everyone :) 

This is a backblip.....