Rest of the North Island...

Well, were still going and on the south island now... but we'll share with you some of what we saw on the north island. After the blow holes in Rotorua, we headed for the Waitimo Caves. Below are a couple pictures, 1 of the cave itself and then obviously the 2 of us. Caves were great and we saw a ton of glowworms and a plethora of staligtites and staligmites! Or something like that...

Next we went to Torraigno National Park (I am pretty sure that is spelled wrong!) where we did a full day hike to a lake at the base of the volcano also shown. The day we were there, there was a little eruption in the volcano behind the one shown. 1 of the 3 in the area. The wind (where we climbed to) were 95km/hr, but they seemed alot stronger than that! Jillene was knocked down twice, and I myself nearly as well. It was bloody strong and cold! At the same park there was a river which had some amazing white water and cool gorges. Below is one of the pictures with me standing by a smaller falls leading into the gorge. Also, one of the many waterfalls we have seen...

On the way to Wellington we stayed in a Town which neither Jillene or I can remember the name! We'll need to look at a map... Anyway, the highlight of the town was this. I giant 'pillow' in the campground we stayed at which was used as a trampoline. I amazed the entire town with my death defying acrobatics! Too much fun...

We spent a day and a half in Wellington, while wating for our ferry to the south island. Enjoyed a few beers downtown and some good greasy food! Below is an old cable car we took to the top of a hill in Wellington to see the botanic gardens and take in a pretty view of the city.

Thats it for the north island! South island here we come... (or already are actually).