An eggy day by Megan

Yesterday we set off to Rotorua. My mum had read about something, so on the way we stopped at the Huka falls. This isn't really a water fall, it is lots of rapids gushing down a narrow stream. We could hear it before we even got on the bridge. Water was splashing about all over the place.

It was amazing! We got back in the car, and carried on the drive. Next we stopped at a park called Wai o tapu. This is an area where you can see lots of geothermal activity, but this time it was water not steam. There were lots of different things to look at on the walk. There was a lime green pool named the devil's bath (but the devil's house ( a crater), was smaller that the devil's bath!

There were also deep crators, unusual water falls and mud pools.

Before we set off on the walk, we went to see a huge geyzer. It looked like a small volcano. The guide put in a powder to break the surface tension of the resevouir below. After a few minutes, the geyser started to bubble. As the bubbles gradually got bigger, they started to look like ghosts struggling to get out. Suddenly a powerful spray of water shot out the top of the geyser. It was awesome. The water flowed down the side of the geyser.

As we left, we went over to see some mud pools. Mud kept on splurging out of the ground.

It was really funny. We got back in our car, and drove to Rotorua. When we got there, we found our hotel, dumped our bags and went for a walk down at the lake. Our hotel is right across from the part of a lake called Sulphur Bay; this makes it smell like rotten eggs; which is a common smell around Rotorua. It also makes the lake look milky in parts.

We came across some mud pools, and steaming craters by accident; we just came across them.

When we realised this, we got back on the path quickly, as the ground can be unstable with new craters forming all the time. After this we went back to the hotel to have a swim in the pool and some dinner. Today was a very eggy 'egg'sperience!