Rotten Rotorua and Hobbity Hobbiton
Rotten Rotorua, (just the smell) The Boiling Lake Rotoura is most famous for its eggy smell, and you guys are lucky you didn't have to put up with Andrew making farting jokes at your expense at every opportune moment. Many Rotorurian's are no longer under the illusion that their famed eggy smell comes from the sulfur being produced by the volcanic activity and the local pools, but are utterly convinced of my jet powering abilities. Thanks Andrew. (oddly there was a newspaper clipping in our accommodation implying that the smell was an aphrodisiac to men... Lucky chickens...) A Redwood Trunk Nonetheless, Rotorua was a lovely town to visit, we spent a few hours viewing the smelly swampy areas (sulfur bay), and all the beautiful wild life and birds there keeping their little leggy peggies warm in the pools and the nearby lake. The Eerie Dead Lakes The next day we went to a beautiful place called the Redwoods, with these stunning redwood trees that towered ove