On Saturday we set out to the north of the lake to visit the
geothermal centre of Orakei Korako. The park is reached by a ferry across the
Waikato river, after which we were left to walk around the park, with the
strict proviso that we stick to the paths, and assume all water that you see is
going to be hot; so don’t go sticking your foot in it to see how hot, because
it’ll cook your foot.
The park contains a number of geysers with variable
periodicity – they don’t go off like clockwork. One of them was bubbling around
a bit whilst we were there but there were no spectacular eruptions.
The mud pools were not spectacular as after several weeks of
drought, the mud has all but dried up, and what was left could be heard
gurgling at the bottom of a pit, but out of sight. We’ll just have to go back
when there’s been a bit more rain to top the pools up.
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