The Journey to Rotorua

We stopped at a cider winery around Waihi which was really nice. We srill couldnt see completely becasue of the clouds however what we could see was pretty good. We both got a $10 paddle of cider which was yummy well Amanda thought so, Chris didnt really like his so gave it to Amanda. We also ate these delicuous chips, gravey and cheese dish and got some yummy pop corn chicken. Chris loved the the satay sauce and wanted to buy some buy they only supplied it wholesale. After about an hour we continued down along the coast to Te Puna. We then headed across the Tauranga bridge and around to Waitao. Amanda saw another water fall on the map so we headed down as it had amazing review. There falls where in Ohauiti Forrest in the large forrest area above Rotarua. These falls wheretowards the top, they where called Kaiate Falls. We had to walk a far way down to these falls however it was well worth it. There where about 4 layers of falls from the bridge we where on. These were probably one of our favourite falls so far. We then headed down highway 33 to the start of Rotarua. We found some more falls these ones where on the edge of Lake Rotorua, they where called Okere Falls. By now it was poring down so we we drenched. We still decided to walk down to the falls. The first section we went down wasnt to shabby it had only a small fall. There where some very old from 1901 turbines in the middle of the water fall. After a quick look around we went to another carpark and ventured back out into the rain. We found a path which was steep and flowing with water. We managed to climb down the stairs around around this broken tree. The rapids where crazy!! They where so strong they were coming up onto the stairs and lookout point. This was by far our favourite rapid/water fall.Read more