I took a week off work during my birthday week and had a trip to good old Rotorua. Kim came to visit on her way back from Hawaii, so it was good timing really and we had a fantastic time.
Rotorua is one of the main tourist attractions on the north island, it's home to several geothermal attractions and is a traditionally Maori area with lots of attractions to visit. Oh, and it just happens to be one of the centres for extreme sports in New Zealand  :o)

Kim and I rented a Motel room just outside of town which came with a big spa pool that could have easily fitted 8 or so people. Amazing.

Our first destination was to the Hell's Gate spa and geothermal pools for a bit of a relaxing day. The pools between 50 and 100 degrees centigrade and bubble like mad. Good fun but not really that exciting so we booked ourselves in for a mud bath followed by a soak in a sulphur pool and a massage. Nice

Kim in front of the only steaming waterfall in the world. Apparently.

The next day we went to Agrodome, an adventure park outside or Rotorua. We caught a sheep show (well, it had to be done) and learnt all about the different breeds of sheep as well as watching one being shorn and then the highlight was watching a sheepdog heard up some ducks. Sounds lame but it was actually quite fun and the host was awesome.

Lots and lots of sheep.

Saying hello to the sheep

Finally, I spent the rest of the day trawling through the various adventure activities. (Where it was just generally me and a heap of 11 year olds)



Kim and I on a jetboat

"Swoop"

Zorbing down a hill.


Then it was back to Auckland for drinks before Kim flew back to Oz.

Now if I can just get the smell of sulphur out of my clothes I'd be a happy man.