Taupo

After our trip back in time, The classic cars, Flappers and beautiful Art Deco buildings we decided to head on up to Lake Taupo. As the evening closed in we caught a glimpse of a phenomenal pink sunset engulfing the lake.

A few nights earlier we had met a Canadian couple that had “house swapped” their home with a Kiwi couple for a two-week holiday but were now touring the island in a camper.

Coincidently everywhere, and I mean everywhere we went they kept popping up!

Fresh and ready to walk we headed out to Huka Falls a mighty part of the Waikato river. The water at this particular part is squeezed into a gulley a quarter of the size of the rest of the river and then blasted out over Huka falls. 

 

The colour of the river was something else, a colour that can only be described a spearmint and left me longing for that lovely little mint with a hole in all the way home (Polo)!

Acacia bay was another area on our list of things to do, regarded in the guidebook as a particularly nice area relax and even paddle around the lake.

In true Dean style the jetty was spotted the clothes were off and out came the bomb! With the water tried and tested (having watched “Piranha” a couple of nights before) I thought I might have a go as well!