Wednesday 21 October: Rivendell to Hot Thermal Pools
A very long journey today.
We started by heading out to find the LOTR filming site "Rivendell" in the Kaitoke Regional Park. This is one site which is actually very well signposted and has panels on the site to explain what was filmed where - so we were pretty sure we had found the right place!
Then we headed North to visit our friends Craig and Sheila for lunch (I trained with Craig at St John's, Nottingham). In fact Craig had had to return to the UK 2 days earlier, but be still managed a nice lunch and the time to catch up with Sheila.
Then heading North again (via Napier) to find the Craters of the Moon (geothermal site) and the Huka Falls. Unfortunately we were too late for the Craters of the Moon, but we did find the Huka Falls. Then headed North-West for half an hour to find a free campsite in a forest by a lake.
Golden Nugget: