Tikitere.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 356, 18 October 1932, Page 8

Tikitere.

One taking the Six Lakes Trip jj| ' should not miss the labyrinth of gj multi-coloured pools of water and j| mud with varying levels and degrees ra of thermal activity at Tikitere. It is || practically speaking, the Playground h of Man's Arch-enemy, for here are g revealed his manifold moods of en- g| ergetic turbulence, rage and violence |j in marked contrast to his moods of || placid innoncence and tranquility as gj evidenced by pools of mud and water jg contiguous to each other. gj One enters the Playground through gj Hell's Gate where under the guidance gj of "The Captain," (Late Chief Guide j| at Wairakei), one sees the Devil's jg Cauldron, The Sulphur Bath, The g Inferno, The Devil's Frying Pan, | Satan's Porridge Pot, alongside of g which one has a glimpse of the i Garden of Eden with the Ladies' i Pool, separated from it by Satan's gj Glory, Satan's Boiling Kettle and 1 of His Trough of Dough. m The tremendous forces under- |j ground are so powerful as to cause gj the Earth to tremble and vibrate and |g even huge masses of molten rocks gj to oscillate, seemingly imbued with gj rage and resentment at being so rude- gj ly disturbed. Indications of a heavy j bush overwhelmed in prehistoric times are seen in abundance.