Tikitere.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 332, 20 September 1932, Page 8

Tikitere.

One taking the Six Lakes Trip | should not miss the labyrinth of J multi-coloured pools of water and j mud with varying levels and degrees j of thermal activity at Tikitere. It is j practically speaking, the Playground j of Man's Arch-enemy, for here are , revealed his manifold moods of energetic turbulence, rage and violence l in marked contrast to his moods of ' placid innoneence and tranquility as | evidenced by pools of mud and water contiguous to each other. One enters the Playground through Hell's Gate where under the. guidance of "The Captain," (Late Chief Guide at Wairakei), one sees the Devil's Cauldron, The Sulphur Bath, The Inferno, The Devil's Frying Pan, Satan's Porridge Pot, alongside of which one has a glimpse of the Garden of Eden with the Ladies' Pool, separated from it by Satan's Glory, Satan's Boiling Kettle and ■ of His Trough of Dough. J The tremendous forces underground are so powerful as to cause i the Earth to tremble and vibrate and ' even huge masses of molten rocks j to oscillate, seemingly imbued with | rage and resentment at being so rudei ly disturbed. Indications of a heavy | bush overwhelmed in prehistoric times are seen in abundance.