Day 29 - Rotorua and the buried village

 Rotorua is inland from the Bay of Plenty in the north island of NZ and the city is on the edge of Lake, you guessed it, Rotorua. The city is known for it's geothermal activity and features geysers and their smell, but you soon get used to it.

The countryside is very beautiful and on our trip to "The Buried Village" we passed the Green Lake and next to it, the Blue Lake.

  The weather was perfect, not too hot and with light fluffy clouds.

"The Buried Village", one of NZ's greatest natural disasters, was due to the eruption of Mount Tarawera 1886, for details, click HERE.

One of the features of our visit to the village was the waterfall.

  

Around the display for the village were these...

...authentic Maori carvings.

 

The people on duty were wearing costume of the period.

Back to Rotorua and a visit to the Museum, formerly a Bath House where guests would bathe in the various mineral rich waters of the area.

Just outside the museum, a very fine bronze sculpture - I'm just standing there to give it a sense of proportion.

And finally for our evening meal to an award winning fish and chip shop where we bought a takeaway Chinese meal. Delicious!