ROUND TRIP

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 535, 19 May 1933, Page 12

ROUND TRIP

The famous Round Trin 1 scribed as a summary of s;Si ing from the most exquila scenery to grim volcanje ,-J and including the most bsfS of thermal activity in jOl Cars, in charge of experienced drivers, leavg dailyy the first object 9 terest en route to the Government plantatkll a vast and successful af{S scheme by which the and private enterprise ar3 ing and putting to pyj many thousands of acres 3 land, which, until eomparasS cent times, was believed hB ile. The car, both on % 9 and homeward journey Jfl bouhdaries of 10,000 acrS ged country covered with |S of useful trees thriving jjjB soil, and a source of potenljjB to New Zealand. The pmI qualce fissure formed aftCT J tion of 1886, follows the 9 a distance of two miles; tlJB the Tikitapu bush, alm'ost 9 destroyed by the intense eruption, but now rapidly 9 back into life and to ;ts9 magnificence. The car the far-famed Blue (TikibH and immediately afters^B Green (Rotokakahi) Lake,^9 in colouring^ especially in the morning sun, the lalS a scene of enchantment jfl by thSir beautiful and pifl setting. Wairoa Valley, the ruins of the village desifl 1886, next comes into yiew jfl repays close inspection. jifl ity is of thrilling interesifl great educational value, ailfl from this spot the terronfl eruption were most vividlysfl experienced. Tarawera vfl across the waters of Tarai^H presents a forbidding and tifl ing appearance; its desobfl gaunt outline recalling ttjfl event? of the fateful no|fl June 10, 1886, when scieDtifl tend a cubic mile of lava, scoria, with flame cent gases Was ejected, desolation over thousands cl^B miles. Disembarking beneaii^B dow of Tarawera Mountaiiv^B journey on foot bringstlieta^B Lake Rotomahana. Slubi^B neath this immense sheet boiling water are titanic for^^fl keep.the lake in a stateof^fl suspense. From the clifs^fl right large volumes of slsa^fl from innumerable ventsand^fl ;The launch lands its p^fl at the foot of tk-^fl ful Waimangu Valley. A_^fl two miles through 'd-xvs brings the traveller^^J Wn'mangu Basin, and nea^^f formidable Waimangu Geys^^B whf-n active, dwarfs every of which history has an]^^B nv part of the t'^e Accc mmodation Honse,^^B in ••-admess for the retnra^^^ the oute traversing Earthq^^H and t^o western bonndar^^H Government' plantation,