Today we headed down to Taupo to visit our friends Anna & Tim to see how their new house is developing. On the way we stopped off at a small thermal area - Craters of the Moon - run by the DOC so not particularly commercialised compared to some in the area.
It is a recently created thermal area, only springing up in the 1950s as a result of a nearby thermal power station reducing underground water levels. This led to an increase in steam vents and bubbling mud pools.
The thermal area is still growing and changing but fortunately there is a boardwalk going through the park so your feet don't get too hot!
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