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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5310, 24 January 1947, Page 8

Wairakei Geyser Valley \ ea C . X 0 /7 _ g| ^=^-- /^jlllS/SI^ I Beautiful Rainbow Spring Wairakei Geyser Valley sil *?§0 s£)f7 £? 8I1I / Beautiful Rainbow Spring A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TREAT ~J H v fl|!| s CX/ ^ / 7 Beailtif ul Rainbow Spring! Regular ONE DAY Sightseeing Trip runs J- -LL ' k. {®kzlk\ '' .. - ~ ^gSfSSf%. iijw SEE THE RENOWNED RAINBOW daily from N.Z.R. Road Services Office / TT_ kJ|il\ JBBM BP jM jM JSSEBk JMMmaf ^ TROUT WHICH MADE THE DISTFjf* Valley Guiding times, 10 a.m., 11.30 a.m. / HV0SSSB !" fliffi Vj\ jjE| 111 Hi • B f gn 59 f FAMOUS. a-80 «s-P»crmMe at i i / |Lf p% I ZS 1 /imWS comforatnadblcea=,s^ed,W11' Tickets and full information obtainable ^ilgisP^' ^w&r r sT ^ ^sggjgF ' r / «/Pllf iBBPwiii from Govt. Tourist Bureau, Fenton St., a / ^0 JUA'jllIIJ I B 1 1 .PHONE 657* PHONE 317 ~ ^-

* % N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES ROTORUA — HAMILTON — AUCKLAND 8.00 a.tia. 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 Friclay. ROTORUA — WF.^KATANE — OPOTIKI — LSBORNE. From 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 - WAIRAKAI — NAPIER From Rotorua — 9 a.m., Monday to Saturday, and 1.80 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— 7.80 a.m. Mon., Wed., Frl. and 8,30 a.m. Tues., Thurs., Sat. and 1.30 p.m. daily. ROTORUA — TAURANGA. From Rotorua — 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily (except Sunday), 8.30 a.m. Sunday. From Tauranga — 9 a.m. daily (except Sunday) and 4 p.m. daily. ROTORUA — WAIROA: 8.45 a.m., Monday to Saturday. SiGHTSEEING TRIPS. DAY TRIPS. * HALF-DAY TRIPS. Wfl.frftkftl-Ta.uTin - - - n nn a m Okere Falls (Motor and Launch). Wairakel-Taupo 9.00 Round the Mountala (Paradise Okatalna-Rotoitl Round Valley). , Trip ------ 9.15 a.m. Tikitere. Drakel-Korako - - - 9.15 a.m. waXapuf* Waimangu-Tarawera Okataina.' Round Trip - - - 9.30 a.m. Round the Lake. BUSES LEAVE REGULARLY FOR RAINBOW AND FAIRY SPRINGS. BOOKING OFFICE: TUTANEKAI STREET, Phones 456 and 658. BLUE BATH8 Both the LARGE SWIMMING POOL and the JUVENILE BATH are now operating at a PLEASANT TEMPERATURE., DAILY (includmg1 Sunday), 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., commencing 23rd December, 1946. MIXED BATHING. Costumes and Towels for Hire, WARD BATBS PRIEST BATHS - RADIUM BATHS - RACHEL BATHS - PRIVATE BATHS. MEN'S AND .LADIES' SWIMMING BATHS. HOURS: Week Days, 6 a.m.-12.45 p.xn.; 2 p.m.-6.15 pjn.; 7.30 p.m.-9.45 pjn„ SUNDAYS: 6.15 a.m.-9.45 a.m.; 7.15 pjsi.-9.45 p»m. MAIN BATHS SPECIAL TREATMENTS - MASSAGE PRIEST BATHS. > GOVT. BALNEOLOGIST MAY BE CONSULTED BY APPOINTMENT. HOUHS: Monday- Friday, 9 a.m.-l p.m.; 2.30 p.mE-6 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m.-l p.m. MGTUTARA GOLF LINKS EIGHT IN TOWN IN THE GOVT. GARDENS. 9 Holes for 1/- — 18 Holes for 1/6. THE WAIMANGU - TARAWERA ROUND TRIP 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, MT. TARAWERA, Launch Trips aeross LAKES ROTOMAHANA and TARAWERA, TE WAIROA BURIED VILLAGE, BLUE and GREEN LAKES. BQOK YOUR TRIPS AND TAKE ALL YOUR TRAVEL PROBLEMS TO GOYERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU TRAVH SERVICE FENTON STREET - Near Post Office PHONE 32,7 ' SIGHTSEEING MOTOR LAUNCH ^STf BUSH — LAKE — THERMAL ACTIVITY See OKERE FALLS — Launch .Trip the full length of LAKE ROTOITI — HONGI'S TRACK — OKATAINA and a Trip on LAKE OKATAINA, - and the Thermal Wonders of TIKITERE (Hell's Gate) THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRIP IN THE DISTRICT — THREE HALFDAY TRIPS IN ONE DAY LEAVES ROAD SERVICES 9.X5 A.M. DAILY (including Sunday), RETDRNS 4.30 P.M. Inclusive Fare - - - 22/6

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Have yon seen the SCENIC GEM— L A KE QKATAINAT 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 Service3 re Day or Half-day Trips. Lake Rotbiti-Okataina Round Trip (Motor and Launch) Th© maln hlghways radiatlng from Rotorua were bullt to provlde th© shortest routea to and from the thermal dlstricts, and they, therefore, of necesslty by-pass much of the most magniflcent scenery. The water route of the Lake Rotoiti- i Okataina Round Trip remedies these de--fects and brlngs Into vlew new and delightful panoramas as the launch 1 traverses the slnuous and ever-changing ] coastllne of the longer of Rotorua's justly renowned lakes. Eleven mlles from I Rotorua the tourist is flrst shown the J Okere Falls, formlng the head of a deep and dangerous ravine twenty mlles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted wlth islands and separated by slender penlnsulas, branch out in all directlons. Trees overhang the water's edge, their roots securely held in the clefts of rock, while at the base of the mlghty rampant the water, 500 feet deep, hollows out deep flssures and fairy caverns. When the passengers disembark, the journey is resumed by car to the gateway of Hongi's Track. Hongi's Track is enshrlned for all time 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, weird conglomerate of mud springs, black and cavernous, throbbing, hlssing and spluttering. The spectacle is awesome and, known as Hell's Gate, provides the highest known surface temperatures in the world. Dai+y 9.15 a.m. FARE: 12/6. Launch on Lake Rotoiti, 7/6. Guide Fees: Okare Falla, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on 'okataina Lake, 2/fl.

| Royal Hotel Criterion Hotel AUCKLAND NEW PLYMOUTH Telegrams Royal, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymouth Central Hotel Gisborne Hotel AUCKLAND GISBORNE telegrams - - Central, Auckland Telegrams Gisborne Hotel, Hamilton Hotel ~ •jGMT7 tt * i HAMILTON OcCld.6HtRl Hotol WELLINGTON Telegrams Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams - - - - Occidental, Hamilton Wellington AND OTHER HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH ISLAND. THE FAMOUS CHAIN OF WAITEMATA HOTELS ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE ~B R E NTS The Holiday Hotel ROTORUA | » CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLED I ' ' l Next to Government Gardens and Baths. Handy for all sports. !

JJOTEL AUCKLAND (Fully Licensed.). Corner Queen and Customs Streets, Auckland. LARGEST HOTEL IN THE CITY. 200 Bedrooms. - CENTRALLY SITUATED IN THE HUB OF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Telegrams : "Hotel Auckland," ,! Auckland. . g .TATION JJOTEL AUCKLAND. Opposite Central Railway Station. BEAUTIFUL HARB.OUR VIEW. New Building, Tastefully Decorated and Furnisbed. 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 the 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 SFRVICE WED., SAT., SUNDAY. Departs: 9.30 a.m., 2.15 p.m. Returns: 12 noon, 4.30 p.m. 3/- RETURN i Fishing Parties catered for, rods and licenses on Launch — £4 per day, £2/10/- half-day. j Moonlight Excursions Sundays 8 p.m. Picnie Parties hy arrangement. D. W. MUIR, Prop., 6 Union St., Rotorua, or enquire at Wharf. ROTORUA'S LEADING JEWELLERY & SOUVENIR DEPOT -Unhreakahle 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 A. H0BBSJewellers, TUTANEKAI STREET.

Wairakei-T aupo The Wairakel-Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographical centre of the North' Island, the great volcanio Taupo basin. The sights, varied to a degree, are unequalled in any other part 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 mlles beyond Rainbow Mountain. No words can do justlce to the remarkahle enterprlse that Is convertlng 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scruh Into one immense forest of vlgorous, healthy plnb. Unrlvalled vlews of the plantatlon are obtalned from the servlce car. In the ' Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser and "Wal-Ora Valleys, we see the wlzardry of Nature in endlesa dlversity of operation. The weird dlsplay of thermal activity in the Geyser Valley has won for it the title of the Eighth Wonder of the World. Seen heneath a cairn and cloudless sky, the blue of Lake Taupo is sald to transcend the far-famed Vesuvlan blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere it is deeper, richer— a pure sapphire blue. The mountalns of Natlonal Park are revealed in clearest outline on the far shore-line. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, 6/-; Waiotapu, 1/-.

WAIOTAPU THERMAL p— TIKITERE - - - Hell's Gate area \ iiy ABAIIMn li Buses leave 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily, H The Artists' Paradise | MnWUIHW 1 pare, s/. return _ c.w. fm 2/, I a ,. •, -r. i _ _ > ^ exgssa .jm- Esak. H 9 Si '! SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua, on a perfeot row I A display oi such conglomeration ox colours — » ][ gjr § S '! Is the awesome area of Tikitere, better known as HeB' which vary with the idiosyncrasies of the f airies, > | " Gate, a name given to it by the famous world travelW expressed by waving their magic wands over the ]' ! and author, George Augustus Sala. Here are sights, smJ» . area— »as to be beyond human conception. Multi- |I ' • ' ! and sounds that might well come from the bottonu^ tudinous tirits and colourings in amazing panoramic y tn when VOU HaVIS s plt, and In places the earth can be felt trembling un displays; remarkahle terrace fo-rmations wonder- !| . _ _ . 2 foot- Mr- Bernard Shaw was tremendously ^ |: time to make Short Trips . j - ^ inspiring exh'ibition oi beautiful sulphur ci'ystals; a picture of colours that would he the delight of _ bestowed on outstanding features such as "Sodom «» an artist — the colourful gem in the Rotorua J Gomorrah," "The Devll's Cauldron," "Adam and W Thermal Belt. The Lady Knox Geyser entertains j etc. With its unmistakable and impresslve indicaW'J every morning at 10 o'clock. j * ' of pent-up fdrce, Tikitere should not be mlsaed by vlsiw Admission: To Sights, 2/6; to Geyser, 1/-, ! . Jf to the thermal regions. Return fare hy service car: 7/6. ■ OKERE FALLS SEE ROTORUA FROM THE RAINBOW SPRINGS * |u Hourly service by Ngongotaha bus frojo " Motor and LauncH Services' office. For the modest sum of ten shillings we offer you a FARE: 1/6 — Guide Fee 1/-. okere falls. hinemoa steps and cave flight over Rotorua. The sights whieh impress you ^ Ealnbow Sprlngs raplaIy „ ...j and an hour s cruue on Lake Rotoiti. s0 much from the ground are mfinitely more Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three poolfl, J FARE: 8/- RETURN — Guide Fee 6d wonderful from the air. The baths, gardens^ and in an environment of bush and fern, contaln larg® ^ ^ , , playgrounds are spread heneath like an intricate hers of trout, including many of considerable slse, On thls fascinatlng and picturesque trip you sklrt the relief map. Lake Tarawera and surrounding gTaceful movements of the flsh, the flns ser\'ing varl° Bhores of Lake Rotorua pass through the Maori village Lakes 30/.. as oars and balancers, can be vlewed to advantage. ^ of Mourea and cross the Ohau Channel to Okere. A V«^ wr ..vata'avi a -r.niu 1 rn ehafts of sunlight play on the water the effect 1b beaujj Bhort walk takes you down the Hinemoa Steps to the THE AVIATION CO., LTD. ThQ rainbow trout l3 then reVealed as one of Nat^j • Okere Falls and Hinemoa Cave. Returning to the wharf AIRPORT — ROTORUA. ' flnlshed works of art. It has an incomparable delica^J you Join the launch which takes you for an hour's cruise . form with markings that show an extraordlnaiy across the placld waters of Lake Rotoiti and to the many , S. J. BLACKMORE - - - - Pllot. tlnta and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs regloa J beautiful fern-covered bays. Private Address: Wairoa Rd., Phone 350K house; tains a large variety of shrubs and ferns. It ^ Car» depart 2.00 p.m. daily from the Road Services Offlce, §66 Aerodrojne. a magniflceilt and extensive Bbrubbery throogfl r Tutanekal Street. Mor'nina and Afternoon Teas available. Qr aU Hotels and Booking Offices. shady'paths are laid. I ® * gacsavZ-m- "

ENCHANTING! INSPIRING! WHBN the Tarawera eruption blew the famous Pink and White Terraces topj^jB — — , it was eonsidered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way oi re^j* the balance. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been ■ -*■ y a -V- y terraces as great in extent as the lost ones and presenting every conceivable to jwm £ * |l /\> 1/ Lj I 1/ £ ^ Bl A |/ / ^ tlon from glittering white to deepest jade. The Orakei-Korako trip, howeveij jh ^ J iV / m. flk F, I m I / f\ I I N be eonsidered in two sections. Firstly, the absorbing interest of scenery on W'gM ^ M.M. JIl. jl. %. ^ M- JL. JL V-' 0ut where the heavily-timbered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws & rpi rj] * a j • back scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its /H • 1 IKJ riace or AQOrning evergreen glades of the pine plantations of Forests' Products, Ltd.; a . phantasy during a pause at the sacred "Witch's Rock"; Pohaturoa Peak, troiy m1 t-x t i 1 « i ni • ■ . . . 41 1 1 ■ j in the world; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Point and WnaWvtJM The Delightful Trip to Amazing . Aladdin S rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh points of interest. Secondly/M Wnvlrl'cs rrncW is the unequalled area of Orakei-Korako itself. Refreshment may he W LJH 1/I1U jrV UI1U. tt VjtI tJdttJob Vjavc pleasantly situated tea-room, and competent guides ferry visitors across v Tprrfl Twetvmn/lnne River in a steel-cabled ferry and conduct them around the valley of JH Jf lremenaous Xiiver where the great river provides a gentle undertone to the beautiful, bizwUJM Foqvcnmo TTnrloivo'vmTnr! Ranids fito ' fascinating orchestration of Nature that is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of Aa i? earsome U nciergrouiici ' *■ with its crashing crescendo of colour, beauty and the fine fairy-like lovel Gevsera 8G milps of cood road Aladdin's Cave. It can fa,irly be claimed that Orakei-Korako has every thermal activity existent in the world and much that is found nowhere else. fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on Her ,, ^ BOOK AT N UL R ROAD SERVICES terraces crowned hy the solid silica buttress known as the "Golden Fleece, .|H TUTANEKAI STREET ' 9.15° a.m* FARE 15/- Guide Fee