SOME PICS FROM THIS AREA OF NEW ZEALAND

You will see I am fascinated with our volcanoes.

It is impossible to forecast when the next eruption will occur at Taupo, or what size it will be. The best available information shows that there is no relationship between the size of eruption and the time break between eruptions. The next eruption might be next year, or not for hundreds of years. It might produce a small lava dome, or it might destroy the central North Island as the volcano has done in the past. All that is certain, is that Taupo will erupt again.

MT. RUAPEHU ERUPTION

CLIFFS ON THE WAIKATO RIVER

RIMU STREET. My cottage is white one.

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LAKE WHAKAMARU CAMP SITE

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NZ MOUNTAINS

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LAKE IN WINTER

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VIEW FROM MY HOUSE. GOLF COURSE AND LAKE

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Waikato River bridge. The Taupo Gates are situated where the Waikato River flows out of the lake and provide a limited ability to adjust the amount of water flowing down the river. Once released from the lake, water takes more than 18 hours to flow from Taupo through to Karapiro - the last station in the Waikato hydro system.

SHOPS. MAIN STREET

MARAETAI DAM, WHICH FORMS OUR LAKE.

1940,s click on pic for old days site

1940.s