AROUND THE LAKES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 170, 8 October 1927, Page 18 (Supplement)

AROUND THE LAKES

HAYWARD’S SERVICE One of the most progressive and enterprising firms engaged in the tourist traffic is Hayward’s Lake Service, whose fleet of fine passenger launches includes the O.V. Princess, which is claimed to be the most; up-to-date boat of her class in New Zealand. She is a twin-screw vessel of 90

horse-power, luxuriously upholstered throughout, equipped with wireless and fitted with every modern convenience, capable of carrying up to 100 passengers and of attaining a speed of some 13 knots. This fast, seaworthy and commodious craft is engaged in the passenger service on Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti. Leaving the Rotorua wharf daily at 9.30 a.m., a complete circuit of the two lakes is made. Scenes of historic interest "-id extravagant beauty are visited, including the famous Haruurana Springs, Ohau Channel, Okere Falls, Hinemoa Steps and Caves, the bear iful and historic bays of Lake Rotoiti, the violenliy boiling lake (Te Taratai and adjacent boiling sulphur pools. The wonderful Matawiin a Cliffs, which rise sr from the water to a height of nearly 900 ft, and are completely clothed in beautiful native bush, are also visited. While on this trip one is struck not only with the efficiency of the master and his crew, but also with the interesting historical and legendary information suppl* A distance of nearly 50 miles is travelled and the trip embraces some of Now Zealand’s most beautiful scenery and most violent thermal activity. The fare, 12s 6d, is exceptionally moderate.