North Island Road Trip
A scenic field with sheep outside of Marton, North Island, NZ.
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Mangaweka "International Airport." aka Mangaweka Adventure Company.
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Ruahine Road bridge over the Tangitikei River.
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Looks like we hit Taihape during the Gumboot Festival. What luck!
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The Ohakune Carrot...world famous in New Zealand.
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Chateau Tongariro Hotel with Mount Ruapehu in the background.
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Chateau Tongariro Hotel with Mount Ruapehu in the background.
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Riding the lifts at the Whakapapa Ski Area.
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The road to the ski area is not so busy in the off season.
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Mount Ruapehu, the inspiration for Mount Doom in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.
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Panorama from the Desert Road, Mount Ruapehu on the left and Mount Ngauruhoe on the right.
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A stream fed by snow melt on the Desert Road.
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Mount Ngauruhoe from the Desert Road, heather growing in the foreground.
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They release water from Lake Taupo into the Waikato River a few times a day. It makes for a spectacular show and creates some great rapids.
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Just starting the release, the water rises fast!
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Upright stone with Maori symbol.
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We stopped to say hello to these horses along the way.
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We stopped to say hello to these horses along the way.
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We stopped to say hello to these horses along the way.
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Ohaaki Power Station. I'm not sure why geothermal power stations have cooling towers.
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