POSTCARDS FROM DOWN UNDER: New Zealand: Hobbiton and Rotorua Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Hello readers! After our three-week whirlwind trip in Australia, we left the land of kangaroos and koalas to…
POSTCARDS FROM DOWN UNDER: New Zealand: Hobbiton and Rotorua was last modified: October 17th, 2023 by
n the middle of the Governor’s Gardens is the Rotorua Bath House, New Zealand’s first major tourist attraction. Local aristocrats came here to socialize, enjoy a bath, play a game of cricket or stroll in the gardens. The building has been closed since shortly after the 2016 earthquake, when inspectors and engineers deemed it structurally unsound. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin)