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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5311, 25 January 1947, Page 8

Wairakei Geyser Valley A C— 7^ f/L 1 Beautiful Rainbow SprS .Wairakei Geyser Valley s Ttlf? iJ/f# M / Beautiful Rainbow Sprji A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TREAT ^ 0^ U/ L- ~ ^ Z 7 BeaUtjful Rainbow Sn J Regular ONE DAY Sightseeing Trip runs / 1 lL ruiM I j^/%\ , SEE THE renowned rajnJB daily from N.Z.R. Road Services Office 7jK W^7|\ iffl ^BS| ^ fw ' TROUT WHICH MADE THE DlBM Valley Guidmg times, 10 a.m., 11.30 a.m. / g ^ TOBJ GSS &} | ]fgH V£ \ asg ^ jg 13s HLW Sl HHg / fotesa*g£ FAMOUS. * and 2.30 p.m. daily. Parties assemble at ' I C*J | 111 //At\ |§ j£ 1§ H IS M*F H il ' LdBSk *ajuvu». ■ Wairakei Post Office ® BS ® Sl & if 11 Hf aralA. ffi II EMr COMFORTABLE FURWISHED piJ rickets and full information obtainable BfcT" " «|>X\ F ' %- F P %g>T ' F ' • AND CAMF1NG S1TES, **■ from Govt. To^ris^Bmeau, Fenton St„ | *V^.X\ . / MllllEEnl I 1 / , PHONE 667. ■

N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES ROTORUA — HAMILTON — AUCKLAND 8.00 a.m. ana 3.16 p.m. dally. 10.45 a.m. daily (©xcept Sunday, and to Hamilton only at 5.45 p.m. Sunday; 6.45 p.m. Monday and Friday. ROTORUA — WH AKATANE — OPOTIKI — OSBORNE. 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 - WAIRAKEI — NAPIER. Jbrom Rotorua — 9 a.m., Monday to Saturday, and 1.30 p.m. daily. ROTORUA — TAUPO. JTrom Rotorua — 9.00 a.m. daily and 4.45 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., Sat. and 3.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs. Prom Taupo — 7.30 a.m. Mon., Wed., Pri. 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), 8.80 a.m. Sunday, Prom Tauranga — 9 a.m. daily (except Sunday) and 4 p.m. daily.1 ROTORUA — WAIROA: 8.45 a.m., Monday to Saturday. SIGHTSEEING TRIPS. DAT TRIPS. HALF-DAY TRIPS, Wairakei- Taupo - - - 9.00 a.m. gk,6r®, Fflla (™otor. ?nd Launch). , , „ , . Round the Mountain (Paradise Okatalna-Rotoiti Round Valley). Trip ------ 9.15 a.m. Tikitere. Orakei-Korako - - - 9.15 a.m. . E® ,Wairoa. . „ Waiotapu. Waiman gu - T arawera 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 BATHS Both the LARGE SWIMMING POOL 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. MIXED BATHING. Costumes and Towels for Hire, 1 WARD BATHS PRIEST BATHS - RADIUM BATHS - RACHEL BATHS - PRIVATE BATHS. MEN'S AND LADIES' SWIMMING BATHS. HOUR8: Week Days, 6 a.za.-12.45 p.m.; 2 gLm.-6.15 p.m.; 7.30 p.m.-9.45 pjn. SUNDAYS: 6.15 a.m.-9.45 a.m.; 7.15 pam.-9.45 pj&, MA1N BATHS SPECIAL TREATMENTS - MASSAGE PRIEST BATHS.: GOVT. BALNEOLOGIST MAY 'BE CONSULTED BY APP01NTMENT. . HOURS : Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-l p.m.; 2.30 p.m.-6 pcM„ Saturday: 9 a.m.-l p.m0 MOTUTAEA GOLF LINKS SIGHT IN TOWN IN THE GOVT. GARDENS. 9 Holes for 1/- — 13 -Holes for 1/6. THE WAIMANGU -TARAWERA ROUND TRIP ■ | DAILY (INCLUDING- SUNDAYS) Departs 9.30 a.m. — Returns 4.30 p.m. PARE 22/6 (includes motor, launch and guide) TRIP INCLUDES: WAIMANGU THERMAL YALLEY, MT. TARAWERA, Launch Trips across LAKES ROTOMAHANA and TARAWERA, TE WAIROA RURIED VILLAGE, BLUE and GREEN LAKES. BQQK YOUR TRIPS AND TAKE ALL YOUR TRAVEL PROBLEMS TO GOVERNMENI TOURIST BUREAU TRAVEL SERV1CE FENTON STREET - Near Post Office PHONE 317 SIGHTSEEING MOTOR LAUNCH BUSH — LAKE — ^Vv* .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 HALF- \ DAY TRIPS IN ONE DAY, LEAVES EOAD SERVICES 9.15 A.M. DAILY (including Sunday), RETURNS 4.30 P.M. Irsclusive Fare - - - 22/6 - 1 ■ 1,1 1 1 "" - ■— t 1

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! i i Have you seen the SCENIC GEM — LAKE QKATAINA.T. 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 radiating from Rotorua were built to provide the shortest routes to and from the thermal districtB, and they, therefore, .of necesslty by-pasa much of the moat magniflcent scenery. The water route of the X^ake RotoltlOkataina Round Trip remedles these defects and brlngs into view new and delightful panorama8 as the launch traverses the slnuous and ever-changing coastline of the longer of Rotorua's lustly renowned lakes. Eleven miles from Rotorua the tourlst is flrst shown the Okere Falls, forming the head of a deep and dangerous ravine twenty miles in extent. Arms of the lake, dotted with islands and separated by slender peninsulas, branch out in all dlrections. Trees overhang the water's edge, their 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 caverns. When the passengers disembark, the Journey ls resumed by car to the gateway of Hongl's Track. Hongl's Track is enshrlned for all tlme In the history of the Maorl race. The car next passes down the celebrated Okataina Track. An additlonal cruise hy launch on Lake Okataina is available and furnlshes a rare and singular experience. Leavlng Okataina the next eall is' Tikitere, a curious, weird conglomerate of mud springs, black and cavernous, throbbing, hlssing 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: Okere Falls, 6d; Tikitere, 2/-; Launch on Okataina Lake, 2/6. W air akei-T aupo The Wairakei- Taupo trip takes the traveller to the geographical centre of the North Island, the great volcanlo Taupo basln. The sigh'ts, varied to a degree, are unequalled in any other part I of the world. Rainbow Mountain, resplendent in colour, is still the scene of conslderable 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 justice to the remarkable enterprise that is converting 1,000,000 acres of tussock and scrub Into one immense forest of vlgorous, healthy pine. Unrivalled views of the plantation are obtalned from the service car. In the Aratiatia Rapids, the Huka Falls, and the celebrated Geyser and Wal-Ora Valleys, we see the wizardry of Nature in endless diversity of operatlon. The, weird dlsplay of thermal activity in 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 sald to transcend the far-famed Vesuvian blue of the Bay of Naples. In the rarefled atmosphere it ls deeper, rieher — a pure sapphire blue. The mountalns of Natlonal Park are revealed In clearest outline on the far shore-Iine. Daily 9.00 a.m. FARE: 25/-. Wairakei Valley, B/>; Waiotapu, 1/-.

j \ Eoyai Hotel Criterion Hotel auckland new plymouth Telegrams - - - Royai, Auckland Telegrams - - - - Criterion, New Plymoutk Gisborne Hotel auckland gisborne Telegrams - - Central, Auckland Telegrams Gisborne Hotel, Hamilton Hotel ^ Gisborne hamilton Occidental Hotel wellington Telegrams Hamilton Hotel, Telegrams Occidental, Hamilton Wellington AND OTHER HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH ISLAND. the famous chain of WAITEMATA . HOTELS always at your seryice BRENTS The Holiday Hotel ROTORUA CENTRAL HEATING INSTALLED j 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 HUBOF THE CITY OF AUCKLAND Telegrams : "Hotel Auckland," Auckland. gTATION J^OTEL AUCKLAND. Opposite Central Railway Btation. BEAUTIFUL HARBOUR 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 vo-lume 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 SERVICE 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/- half-day. 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 Worlc Carried Out on Premises — At — A. H0BBs, Jewellers, TUTANEKAI STREET.

TTJKII TERE £ IclFs Gat6 AREA . | 1 | 1 ikl | Buses leave 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. The Artists' Paradise. ^ i III fe# l fare: 5/. return «— Guida F«e 2/.. A display of such conglomeration of colours— l ^ 1 1 i | SITUATED a few miles from Rotorua, on a perfectroad, which vary with the idiosyncrasies of the f airies, \ I fJ K O A ' * * \ « 1 awesome ,area °f .J^tere, better known i as M expro ssed by waving their magie wands over the S area—as to be beyond human conception. Multi- ? \ and sounds that might weU come from the hottoralea tudinous tmts and colounngs m amazing' panoramic > \VliGFe to \- IGlt whfTI VOU havft 2 Pit, and in piaces the earth can he felt trembling underdisplays ; remarkable terrace formations wonder- X t # > foot. Mr. Bernard Shaw was tremendously impress*l fully and variedly coloured; deep craters with preci- Z tlme tO RlSlko Short TripS I with hls visit to Tikitere and with Satanic aspect of ttu pitous sides ; a g'alaxy of colours and an awe- i J place. The Maori guides safely conduct parties throsgb inspiring exliibition of beautiful sulphur crystals; a * and interestingly describe the phenomena as they picture of colours that would be the delight of along, pointing out the reasons for the peculiar nan« an artist — the colourful gem in the Rotorua rS® X. bestowed on outstanding features such as "Sodon \V» ■ Thermal Belt. The Lady Knox Gevser entertains Gomorrah " ''The Deyil's Caiildron " "Adam and m n. „t m ^ etc. With Its unmlstakable and impressive indlcatiom every mornmg at lO o cloclc. ; of pent-up force, Tikitere should not be mlssed by vlflltort Admission: To Sights, 2/6; to Geyser, 1/-. ! 7 to the thermal regions. Keturn rare by service car: 7/6. i \ OKERE FALLS SEE ROTORUA FROM THE- RAINBOW SPRINGS _ _ , AIR * Hourly service by Ngongotahn bns from R®1* Motor and Launch ' service*' office. OKERE FALLS, HINEMOA STEPS AND CAVE IH?6 'm°Se? SUm °l^n Sngl' Ve.offe^ y°u a FARE: 1/6 — Guide F«e 1/-. , and an hour's cruise on Lake Rotoiti. ^ ^ fr!™rU+tp o-rnnr^d are infinitelv S more The Ralnbow Springs rapidly achieved fame as on# FARF. «/ PFTIIRN r -j w S much from the ground are mfinitely Rotorua's most popular beauty spots. Three pools, «»» FARE: 8/- RETURN •— Fee 6d wonderful from the air. The baths, gardens and ln an environment of bush and fern, contain large nu®' On tliis fasclnating and picturesque trip you skirt the playgrounds are spread beneath like an mtricate bers of trout, including many of conslderable slze. I'J ehores of Lake Rotorua, pasa through the Maori vlllage relief map. Lake Tarawera and surroundmg graceful movements of the flsh, the flns servlng varloush of Mourea and cross the Ohau Channel to Okere. A Lakes, 30/-. 0 as oars and balancers, can be viewed to advantage. "W^j1 short walk takes you down the Hinemoa StepB to the THE WAIKATO AVIATION CO. LTD. shafts of sunlight play on the water the effect ls beautlfw* ■ Okere Falls and Hinemoa Cave. Returnlng to the' wharf ATPPnPT PATAPTTA *' * T^e rainbow trout is then revealed as one of Nature' ■ you join the launch which takes you for an hour's cruise ItFUxtl . ■KUJ.UltUA. flnished works of art. It has an incomparable dellcacyej ■ across the placid waters of Lake Rotoiti and to the many S. J. BLACKMORE - - Pilot / iorm with markings that show an extraordinary range ■ beautiful fern-covered bays. ^ " * tints and pencillings. The Rainbow Springs reglon o°n" ■ r»a__ rf,narf. 9m.m Htiix, *i,0 Dn.j o» i Private Address: Wairoa Phone 350K house; tains a large variety of shrubs and ferns. it ls in W ■ Tut^nekal SUoot? '^Sor^ino arid Aftenwm TToal avanTbl.', nr H„f,6 Aerodrome. . a aad axteaaiva OvovU *• I Or all Hotels and Bookmg Offices. shady paths are laid. ■

' 0 ENCHANTING! INSPIRING! j® ^/HEN the Tarawera eruption blew the famous Pink and White Terraces to pi^ I " — ■■ it was considered a major calamity. Nature, however, had a way of resto^ ■ ' • the balanee. At the recently opened thermal area of Orakei-Korako has been revesw3 ■ A Y 7" ' W ™y TT A TT 7" terraces as great in extent as the lost ones and presenting every conceivable colou^ ■ S 1 iJk 1H I g g I-/ A &A a ■ tion from glittering white to deepest jade. ' The Orakei-Korako trip, however, ■ JL\.X Jk. 1\ a ^ 864 \ Jy l.\l \ 1\.V/ c°nsiiered in two sections. Firstly, the absorbing interest of scenery on the,1®*: I out where the heavily-timhered crown on the Horohoro ramparts throws a rnip* ■ Tiie Place nf Arlnrnino back scene for the smiling farms of the model native settlement at its foot;*}.® — ® evergreen glades of the pine plantations of Forests' Products, Ltd.; a touch ■ phantasy during a pause at the sacred "Witch's Rock"; Pohaturoa Peak, truly VJ0 ■ nfhp DplicrVif-Fnl TViri ArviomVr* Aln4/^;«»n in the world; Atiamuri Rapids, Rainbow Fall, Inspiration Point and Whaka Ee;, 1 J. 116 I7eilgniIUl AriJ) to xADlHZiri^ AlSClCllIl S rapids on the Waikato River. All provide fresh points of interest. Secondly> I the World's Greatest f!avn is, nnequalled area of Orakei-Korako itself. Refreshment may be had at w * ^ m V^aVe pleasantly situated tea-room, and competent guides ferry visitors across the Wa^ I terraces TrPmPndftTIS Kivpp itiver in a steel-cabled ferry and conduct them around the valley of enchantm6 , ■ « tti -> ' t-v . - . where the great river provides a gentle undertone to the beautiful, bizarre sB,, ■ r earsome Underground Kapids, etc.: fascinating orchestration of Nature that is Orakei-Korako, "The Place of Adorn^, I o r> n j; -j crashing crescendo of colour, beauty and the fine fairy-like lovelinesi , .1 ueysers oo Hilles Of ^OOd road Aladdin's Cave. It can fairly be claimed that Orakei-Korako has every for® )1 thermal activity existent in the world and inuch that is found nowher© else. Gey'Yj ;l ' _ _ fumeroles and pools, shimmering champagne cauldrons, tier on tier of co!o®y ;l BOOK AT N.Z.R. ROAD SERVICES, terraces crowned by the solid silica buttress known as the "Golden Fleece," and cow® jfl TUTANEKAI STREET 9.15°^ FARE 15/- Guide Feej/eJ 7 '' \ ° ' I