Day 17, Saturday, January 28, 2006. Because we had arrived too late at Wai O Tapu yesterday to see the “Lady Knox Geyser” erupt, (it erupts precisely at 10:15 am daily) we were given a free pass to see it today. A sizeable crowd had gathered in the grandstand as 10:15 approached when a park employee walked up to the geyser cone (it’s only about four feet high) spoke a few words of explanation and then poured 300 grams of soap down the throat of the geyser. It did what you would do in similar circumstances, it erupted, right on time. Oh well, I guess nature needs a bit of a nudge every now and then. Anyway, here is what it looked like.
The next stop was at Huka Falls. The river was an incredible blue, the photo doesn’t do it justice.
Napier is the only place in the world where all of its downtown buildings date to the early 1930’s, having been rebuilt entirely after suffering a devastating earthquake in 1931. It was built in the “deco” style which portrayed the mood of the day, or so the brochure says.
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OK, so the computer refuses to upload photos now. While I disipline my computer, let me describe these photos. The geyser is a lot of white and a little blue. The river is a lot of blue and a little white. Napier is a lot of different colours. There, why do we need photos.
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Just thought I would pass this along. It is about 12:30am on Tuesday and it has snowed more tonight than previous snows put together. I'll take some pictures to remind you what snow looks like in Calgary and see what your missing!!
What's snow?
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