New Zealand, Day 3

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And so I headed to Rotorua.



Mt Ruapehu from the South





From the West


Mt Ngauruhoe. Look familliar? It was used as the model for Mount Doom in the Lord Of The Rings movies.


An active volcano. Last erupted in the 1970s.


Alpine flowers on the slopes of Ruapehu


Where Frodo and Sam were filmed heading off into the Emyn Muil at the end of Fellowship Of The Ring.


Tiny alpine flowers


Ruapehu is an active volcane and has many vents on the slopes.


Lake Taupo, looking North


Huka Falls, Taupo


The whole of Lake Taupo drains through this one gap


A native moorhen, the name of which escapes me


Ruapehu from Taupo


And now, some big panoramas to test your side-scrolling

Lake Taupo


The view north from Ruapehu