Tikitere.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 343, 3 October 1932, Page 8

Tikitere.

One taking the Six Lakes Trip j should not miss the labyrinth of j multi-coloured pools of water and » mud with varying levels and degrees ! of thermal activity at Tikitere. It is practically speaking, the Playground of Man's Arch-enemy, for here are i revealed his manifold moods of en- I ergetic turbulence, rage and violence | in marked contrast to his moods of g placid innoncence and tranquility as I evidenced by pools of mud and water g contiguous to each other. P 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 j Garden of Eden with the Ladies' j Pool, separated from it by Satan's j Glory, Satan's Boiling Kettle and j of His Trough of Dough. | The tremendous forces under- K ground are so powerful as to cause | the Earth to tremble and vibrate and | even huge masses of molten rocks | to oscillate, seemingly imbued with g rage and resentment at being so rude- I ly disturbed. Indications of a heavy bush overwhelmed in prehistoric times are seen in abundance. |