PLEASED WITH VISIT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 466, 25 February 1933, Page 2

PLEASED WITH VISIT

cariisithja tourists NORTH ISLAND DESCRIBED AS A PARADISE OF ITS 'OWN BEAUTY OF SCENERY Although the itinerary of their tour included only a portion of the Dominiofi, a ver-y favourable impression of the many scenic and other attractiohs of New Zealand has been gained by the party of tourists on the Cun-. ard liner Carinthia. One widely■traveiled tofirist told an Evening Post representative tbat th'e North Island alone was a paradise for tourists, while another said "had I known 'New Zealand was. so attractive I would have been o'ut here years ■igo." Everybody was enthusiastic about the attractions of the Rotorua district and the- Waitomo caves. One man remarked that it was only under pressure that he decided to visit the Waitomo caves, .but after he had inspected them he was so enthralled at "their wondrous beauty" that he had to be literally dragged away. "I have ^eeiy similar caves all over the world/but none can possibly compare with tbe ones at Waitomo," h'e said. "The glow-worm, cave so impressed me that it will live in my mind for all time. I feel now that I never want to see anything else." ! "We have had a wonderful time,, and I want to tell the people of New Zealand- that they are living in a country which' has no equal in any. other part of the world," said .one lady tourist. "I have never seen such a beautiful country, and have nevermet such charmihg people. My husband !has- been so impressed that he has alfeady niade arrangements to come here next year." "I|e^t Part of the Crvfisje" Mrs. C. M. Amory, formerly Mrs. Yanderbilt, a member of the party which motored from Auckland to Wel-; lington visiting en route the various tourist resorts, S|aid that she had heard New Zealand was an interestiilg and beautiful country, but she never expected anything quite so wonderful. "The motor drive froln Auckland to Wellington was simply marvellous," she said. "I should like to return to New Zealand and stay two or three months so as to he able to; see more of the country and do some fishing. I don't know why anybody would ever want to leave New Zealand. It is a little paradise of its own. In my opinion the visit to New Zealand has been the best part 6f the cruise. A lady passenger on the boat told me that two things stood out in her memory as being the finest in the world, anc^ they were the Taj Mahal and the glow-worm cave at Waitomo." Mrs. Amory said she was sorry that her visit to the Dominion was so short, but sh'e intended returning at some future date to tour the South Island. An incident which is considered by .some of the tourists to be one of tbe high lights of tbe trip through the North Island occurred near Wanganui, when the cars containing the party met a mob of several thousands of sh'eep. "1 have never seen so many sheep in all my life," said one elderly woman. On being informed that motorists often met mobs of sheep on the roads in New Zealand she expressed great surprise and said, "Well, isn't it just too wonderful. And what a thrill it gives one too." Mrs. Amory7® son, Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt, and several other passengens . spent a few days deep-sea fishing at the Bay oi Islands. Several large fish were landed, including a mako s'hark1 weighing five or six hundred pounds. ,