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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 8

Wairakei Geyser Valley Beautjful Rajnbow Sprj Regular ONE DAY Sightseeing Trip runs f. Sj^^lM ^ _— ,_ ■ « _! ^ RAm daily from N.Z.R. Road Services Office 7 tt A& J& jamsmu Jfo J&BS& JBSBS0B&S& /^F ^ K^i i Valley Guiding times, 10 a.m., 11.30 a.m. / "tpiMH® IhII V%\ W 1l lH aI?» ^Twi ' ^ TROUT WHICH MADE THE DlSf md 2.30 p.m. daily. Parties assemble at ' | |1|| — \ ||| ^j( ^81 l|| ra jj^gpjr ra ra / ^W^€(wHL FAMOUS. Wairakei Post Office B Iffl !£8 K. Ht ffe^VA II wk W §1 P m Wk m ' IS Mflf W^^^^wiw/Mr COMFORTABLE FURNISHED (jj Tickets and full information obtainable f F W W W- ^S0/ W / ^WUlMk AND CAMPING SITES. from Govt. Mtta., Fenton" 'St., jjgiB^r.l fc. V%\ ' f • . / ' ^Sr Ml^HTfH I PHONE 66.7. .

. N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES ROTORUA. — HAMILTON — AUCKLAND 8.00 a.m. and 3.15 p.m, daily. 10.45 a.m. daily (except Sunday) and to Hamilton only at 5.45 p.m. Sunday; 6.45 p.m. Monday and Friday. hOTQRUA — WHAKATANE — OPOTIKI — GISBORNE. lrom Rotorua — 8 a.m. (daily except Sunday), 1.45 p.m. daily (to Opotiki only on Sunday), 5.0 p.m. daily (to Opotiki only). ROTORUA — WAIRAKEI — NAPIER. From Rotorua — 0 a.m., Monday to Saturday, and 1.30 p.m. daily. ROTORUA — TAUPO. From Rotorua — 9.00 a.m. daily and 4.45 p.m. Mon., Wed., Frl., Sat. and 3.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs. From Taupo— 7.30 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri. and 8.30 a.m. Tues., Thurs., Sat. and 1.30 p.m. daily. „ ROTORUA — TAURANGA. ™m Rotorua — 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily (except Sunday), 8.30 ,a.in Sunday, From Tauranga — 9 a.m. daily. (except Sunday) and 4 p.m. daily. ROTORUA — WAIROA: 8.45 a.m., Monday to Saturday. SIGHTSEEING TR1PS. DAY TRIPS. HALF-DAY TRIPS. Wairakei-Taupo - - - 9.00 a.m. 2k6re, Fa,lla (Motor and Launch). f.1, l . ... _ , Round the Mountain (Paradise Okatalna-Rotoiti Valley) Trip 9.15 a.m. Tikitere. Orakei-Korako - - - 9.15 a.m. "WaIroa- ... . _ Waiotapu. lmangu - Tarawera Okataina. 0 Round Trip - - - 9.30 a.m. Round the Lake. BUSES LEAVB REGULARLY FOR RAINBOW AND FAIRY SPRINGS BOOKING OFFICE: TUTANEKAI STREET, Phones 456 and 658. ' BLUE BATHS Both the LARGE SWIMMING POOE and the JUVENILE BATH are now operating at a PLEASANT TEMPERATURE.. DAILY (including Sunday), 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., commencing 23rd December, 1946. I MEXED BATHING. Costumes axid Towels for Hire, 1 . WARD BATHS PRIEST BATHS - RADIUM BATHS - RACHEL BATHS - PRIVATE BATHS. MEN'S AND LADIES' SWIMMING BATHS. HOURS: Week Days, 6 a.m0-12.45 p.m.; 2 p.m.-6.15 p.m,; 7.30 pjn.-9.45 p«i3io SUNDAYS: 6.15 ajn.-9.45 ejb.; 7.15 pjji.-9.45 p.m. MAIN BATHS SPECIAL TREATMENTS - MASSAGE ■ PRIEST BATHS. govt. balneologist may be consulted by appointment. HOURS: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-l p.m.; 2.30 p.Me-6 pjn. Saturday: 9 a.m.-l pjn. MOTUTARA GOLF LENKS sight in town in the govt. gardens. 9 Holes for 1/= — 18 Hoies for 1/6. THE WAIMANGU - TARAWERA ' ROUND TEIP daily (including sundays) Departs 9.30 a.m. — Returns 4.30 p.m. FARE 22/6 (includes motor, launch and guide) TRIP INCLUDES: WAIMANGU THERMAL VALLEY, j MT. TARAWERA, Launch Trips across LAKES ROTOMAHANA and TARAWERA, TE WAIROA BURIED VILLAGE, BLUE and GREEN LAKES. JSOQK YOUR TRIPS AND TAKE ALL YGUR TRAVEL PROBLEMS TO GOVERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU TRAVEL S1E1CE ■ FENTON STREET - Near Post Office PHONE M7 SIGHTSEEING MOTOR .^^^^LAUNCH BUSH — LAKE — jT THERMAL ACTIVITY See OKERE FALLS — Launch Trip the full length of LAKE ROTOITI — HONGI'S TRACK — OKATAINA and a Trip oh LAKE OKATAINA, and the Thermal Wonders of TIKITERE (Hell's Gate) " THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRIP IN THE DISTRICT — THREE HALFDAY TRIPS IN ONE DAY Q o LEAVES ROAD SERVICES 9.15 A.M. DAILY (including Sunday), RETURNS 4.30 P.M. Inclusive Fare - - - 22/6 '

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1 Have you seen the SCENIC GEM — LAKE 0KATAIMA? Short Launch Trips on Lake to see the Beautiful Bush Scenery. ACCOMMODATION FOR ANGLERS AND GUESTS AT OKATAINA FISHING LODGE. Home-cooked Teas Served. Boats and Motors, etc., for Hire. Trolling and Fly-Fishing. RING FOR BOOKINGS. Enquire N.Z. Road Services re Day or Half-day Trips. Lake Rotoiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launch) The maln hlghways radlatlng from Rotorua were bullt to provlde the shortest routes to and from the thermal districts, and they, therefore, of necessity by-pass much of the most magniflcent scenery. The water route of the Lake RotoitiOlcatalna Round Trip remedieg these defects and brings Into view new and dellghtful panoramas as the launch traverses the slnuous and ever-changing coastllne of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakes. Eleven mlles from Rotorua the tourlst is flrst shown the Okere Falls, formlng the head of a deep and dangerous ravlne twenty mlles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth islands and separated by slender penlnsulas, branch out ln all dlrectlons. Trees overhang the water's edge, thelr roots securely held in the clefts of rock, while at the base of the mighty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep flssures and fairy eaverns. When the passengers disembark, the Journey is rei sumed by car to the gateway of Hongi's Track. Hongi's Track is enshrined for all tirne in the history of the Maori race. The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. "An addltional cruise by launch on Lake Okataina is available and furnishes a rare and singular experience. Leaving Okataina. the next call is Tikitere, a curlous, welrd conglomerate of mud springs, black and cayernous, throbbing, hissing and splutterlng. The spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's Gate, provides the'highest known surface temperatures in the world. Daily 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okers Falls, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on Okataina Lake, 2/6. W airakei-T aupo The Wairakei- Taupo trip takes the s traveiler to the geo'graphlcal centre of i the North Island, the great volcanlo I Taupo basin. The sights, varied to a I degree, are unequalled ln any other part i of the world. Rainbow Mountain, resplendent in colour, is still the scene of considerable thermal activity. The rugged Paeroa mountain range lying to the west of the Rotorua-Taupo road comes into view a few miles beyond Rainbow Mountain. No words can do justlce to the remarkable enterprise that is convertlng 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub Into one immense forest of vigorous, healthy pinO. Unrivalled views of the plantatlon are obtained from the service car. In the Aratiatia Rapias, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser and Wai-Ora Valleys, we see the wizardry of Nature in endless diversity of operation. The welrd display of thermal activity !n the Geyser Valley has won for It the title of the Eighth Wonder of the World. Seen beneath a cairn and cloudless sky, the blue of Lake Taupo is said to transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere it is deeper, richer — a pure sapphire blue. The mountains of National Park are revealed ln dlearest " outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, S/»; Waiotapu, 1/-.

I W Eoyai Hotel • Criterion Hotel auckland new plymouth Telegrams - - - Royal, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymouth Gisborne Hotel auckland gisborne SCelegrams - - Central, Auckland - Telegrams Gisborne Hotel, Hamilton Hotel ^ Gisborne hamilton Occidentai Hotel i wellington i Telegrams - - - Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams - - - - Occidentai, Hamilton Wellington — — ■ AND OTHER HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH ISLAND. I i the famous chain of | WAITEMATA HOTELS always at your service j ID-p-ETKTXQ UlVlYli i. o l ' | The Hohday Hotel i ' ROTORUA i ! 3K CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLED ! fI Next to Government Gardens and Eaths. Handy for all sports.

Jj;OTE,L AUCKLAND (Fully Licensed.) Corner Queen and Customs Streets, Auckland. LARGEST HOTEL IN THE CITY. 200 Bedrooms. CENTRALLY SITUATED IN THE HUB OP THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Telegrams : "Hotel Auckland," Auckland. §— gTATION J-J 0 T E L AUCKLAND. jOpposite Central Railway Station. BEAUTIFUL HARB.OUR VIEW. New Building, Tastefully Decorated and Furnished. TELEPHONE AND HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM. Moderate Tariff. COURTESY — EFFICIENCY — attention. Telegrams: "Station Hotel," Auckland. TANIWHA SPRINGS THE TRADITIONAL HOME OF A MAN-EATING WATER MONSTER Big, bubbling springs and the greatest volume of spring water in the North Island. It is tbe actual source of the Awahou River and contains Trout galore. Here you will find Nature at her loveliest. 7 MILES FROM ROTORUA P.O. ON THE HAMURANA ROAD. LAUNCH MERLIN for hire MOKOIA ISLAND PASSENGER SFRVIGE WED., SAT., SUNDAY. Departs: 9.30 a.m., 2.15 p.m. Returns: 12 noon, 4.30 p.m. 3/- RETURN Fishing Parties catered for, rods and licenses on Launch — £4 per day, £2/10/- balf-day. Moonlight Excursions Sundays 8 p.m. Picnic Parties by arrangement. D. W. MUIR, Prop., 6 Union St., Rotorua, or enquire at Wharf.' ROTORUA'S LEADING JEWELLERY & SOUVENIR DEPOT Unbreakable Watch Glasses, any size FITTED AT SHORTEST NOTICE. 9 ct., 18 ct. and PLATINUM WEDDING RINGS Beautifully Chased. JEWELLERY AND SPECTACBE REPAIRS of any description undertaken. ENGRAVING All Work Carried Out on Premises — At — A. H0BBSJewellers, TUTANEKAI STREET.

WHA IC R EW A R.E^i^'^k. TX ivJTER.E ]t IciFs A Remarkable Area \ I ^1 P 1 M I Buses leave 10 a.m. «iad 2 p.m. daily. I Bu.ea depart regularly from Po,t Office l #4 HV 1^ || ' FARE: 5/- RETURN Guide Fee 2/-. | FARE 6d EACH WAY 2 9- 3 Bk '' SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua, on a perfect rcai I , 2 WW ® 1 ® a U i jBJSi. ? ls 016 wesome area of Tikitere, better known as Seli'l - ari eilsrossing centre of thermal 2 § 'a ]» Gate, a name glven to it by the famous world travefiK ac iv Ly and Maoriu life, just a few minutes by bus from ? • 2 and author, George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, sm$ e own. Here you will see mud pools forming and 7 ri 2 and sounds that might well come from the bottomh* re orming hlies and "cat's eyes" or unceasingly sending 2 llGrG to v lSlt whftn VOU haVft 2 plt, and in places the earth can Ire felt trembling unW' their restless frogs leaping through the steam; hissing z, |> foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tremendously impreB!^ steam vents, awe-inspiring geysers shooting superheated ? f jmA f a ma|rf» StlO?t u with his vislt to Tikitere and with Satanlc aspectoftf and scintillating water high into the air. You will see 2 '[ place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties throw' mu t -coloured and glistening terraces forming under the i and lnterestingly describe the phenomena as they t action of the mineralised waters, slzzling "frying pans" along, pointing out the reasons for the peculiar and other remarkable sights. In and around It all may rt ^ bestowed on outstanding features such as "Sodom be seen the picturesque Maori guides conductlng parties /fy . Gomorrah," "The Devil's Cauldron," "Adam and Ev*, of visitors; brown-skinned children leaping or dlving for ^St"- - etc. Wlth Its unmlstakable and lmpressive indicatlm' pennies, and. the more phlegmatlc wahlnes busy around Pfr} of pent-up force, Tikitere should not be missed by vlflltf the vihage V&n provide free cooking facilities for i / to the thermal reglons. OKERE FALLS SEE ROTORUA FROM THE RAINBOW SPRINGS - ~ _ _ , ATR Hourly service by Ngongotaha bus from R®1* Moior and Launch /***%. services' office. nifPDp cai t c ufiup'iunA ctcdc AMr» cauw ' For the modest sum of ten shillings we offer you a FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. ^FA'.LS HINEMOA STEPS AND CAVE . fllght Roto The sifhts which M .you Th0 Ratabow BmJ rap,aly fam9 „ 0M, FARF- */ RFTIIRM c 'A T? L S° ff6 u **ore Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three pooh, * 1 AKE. 8/- RETURN — Guide Fee 6d wonderful from the air. The baths, gardens^ and - ln an environment of bush and fern, contaln large ^ On this fascinatlng and picturesque trip you skirt the playgrounds are spread beneath like an intricate bers of trout, Including many of considerable size. ' shores of Lake Rotorua, pass through the Maori village relief map. Lake Tarawera and surrounding gTaceful movements of the flsh, the fins serving variof of Mourea and cross the Ohau Channel to Okere." A ' Lakes, 30/-. 0 as oars and balancers, can be viewed to advantage. W short walk takes you down the Hinemoa Steps to the s THE WAIKATO AVIATION CO LTD shafts of sunlight play on the water the effect is beaotu* Okere Falls and Hinemoa Cave. Returning to the wharf . Tppnpi1 T?/vrm?TT A '* ' " The ralnbow trout ls th6n revealed as one of Natw you joln the launch which takes you for an hour's cruise AlttrUKl — hOIUitUA. flnished works of art. It has an incomparable dellcatf across the placid waters of Lake Rotoiti and to the many ' S .T RT.AflTCMOH'R _ _ _ _ Pilnt form with markings that show an extraordinary raug> beautiful fern-covered bays. • ' * tints and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs region n nii « ™ j-ii j » j , Private Addresa: Wairoa Rd., Phone 350K house: tains a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It ls ib I* S Z, r S'' 866 Aerodrome. a magniflcent and extenalve Btoubbew tootlgla Tutanokal str.«. Mornmg ard Att.rnooa T.a. available. 0l a„ Hotels and BooWn offlces. alaay'batha are lald. ________ Tsmsszasszzr'., —

ENCHANTING ! INSPIRING! "YyHEN the Tarawera eruption blew the famou8 Pink and White Terraces to pi^H — — — — — ,11. it was considered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way of reitor / the balance. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been rev«» "jn% A T 7^ T T 7" A Y N terraces as great in extent as the lost ones and presenting every conceivable colf § f /\ 1 |.A fl S l-c fi I tion from glittering white to deepest jade. The Orakei-Korako trip, however, ® J A\X\l.\b jLsJ JL ** & % JP £ / \ f\ll be considered in two sections. Firstly, the absorbing interest of scenery on theS v out where the heavily-timbered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws a Xlisa PlnrA r»f Arlofnmcr back scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its foot; — . * ; nHOrniiij; evergreen glades of the pine plantations of For?sts' Products, Ltd.; a touch " phantasy during a pause at the sacred "Witch's Rock" ; Pohaturoa Peak, truly Thp DphVhffnl Trin fr. A ™ o rv A in the world; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Point and Whaka J Xlit; L/cil^IllXu.1 irip lO Amazmg xxlaQQlII S rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh points of interest.' Secondlyi^ the World'3 Gppafpcst 5 Povo is the unequalled area of Orakei-Korako itself. Refreshment may be bad at] j-p pleasantly situated tea-room, and competent guides ferry visitors across the Wa» X erraces Tppmpndmu? T?1VP1* ^ River in a steel-cabled ferry and conduct them around the valley of encbanttf . _ J -J where the great river. provides a genije undertone to the beautiful, bizarre ' X1 earsome U nd6r2TQUHd. * liapids, 6tc. fascinating orchestration of Nature that is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of Adornw _ _ with its crasbing crescendo of colour. beauty and the fine fairy-like loveline» Ureysers O0 HflliCS OX good foad Aladdin's Cave. It can fairly be claimed that Orakei-Korako has every fo^ 0 thermal activity existent in the world and much that is found nowhere else. Gep fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on tier of col^ BOOK AT N.Z.R, ROAD SERVICES, terraces erowned by the solid silica buttress known as the "Golden Fleece," and c^ra TUTANEKAI STREET 9.15°^ FARE 15/- Guide Fee j