After braving the rain on our walk to Lake Rotorua we headed in town itself. Despite the rain we wandered around this former spa town with its eerie sulphur pools which bubble and steam away. You get used to the sulphur smell in the air after a while.
The lakeside area with it's almost derelict view reminding me of a place where they would film Blakes 7. We had coffee in a restaurant that had the little hatches in which you could select your lunch something that used to be common place in England.
We had our dinner in The Pig and Whistle which had formally been a police station. I had a great pint of the Macs Green Beret definitely one for hop fans.