Day 325 (Mon 28 May) - Lake Taupo

After a simple breakfast we drove onto Lake Taupo along the desert road.

Beautiful barren landscape with vast mountains that seemed to be way, way ahead of us. Soon arrived at the beautiful Lake Taupo with its crystal clear waters.

Found a Top 10 campsite situated about 2km from the lake. Parked up and decided to wander into the small town.

Our walk took us on a path where a river ran at the bottom of a deep gorge. Quite beautiful. We managed to find a path down to the river bank and were amazed to see trout swimming along in the clear water.

Walked on into the pleasant town, via a well kept cemetary where two cats popped out to say hello.

Had a bite to eat at a cafe sitting outside in the bright sunshine. Wandered round until we found a rod hire shop. Sarb, no doubt fired up at seeing the trout, decided he'd hire a rod for the day.

Leaving Jo to continue wandering round town Sarb headed back up to the river. He was soon casting off Cherry island and fished for the afternoon. Not a nibble but he didn't seem to mind! After a few hours he decided to try a different spot so headed off to the natural warm springs that feed into the river. Not much luck here either!

Sarb returned about 6ish back at the campsite where he found Jo preparing supper.