Wai-O-Tapu - The Lady Knox Geyser
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Wai-O-Tapu - The Lady Knox Geyser We spent the remainder of the day in the Thermal Areas. First went to see the Lady Knox Geyser at 1015 - they now check who is there but we had the undated tickets from the day before so no problems. The geyser is provoked to erupt by the addition of a little soap - it was discovered by prisoners doing their washing in a nice warm pool who got up a nice lather then had it all blasted 20 meters into the air. On a good day it goes at least that high and can play for up to half an hour. The bubbling mud on the loop road to Wai-O-Tapu is always worth a look and is free so we had a look whilst waiting for the 1015 spectacle.


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