Jottings About Town

NZ Truth, Issue 1203, 20 December 1928, Page 5

Jottings About Town

With Maori Mats "THE Rotorua guides ard' polishing up the bits of greenstone and shark- ' tooth wnh which they, catch the eye of the not yet hardened tourist. Hostel -owners are revising menus, and the rainbow trout m the six lakes making their last wills and testaments, for tourist season' is well under way v.nd before Christmas, enougn buses and service cars will be flying around llotorua to make the town forget, that fur six months m the year it is almost a Sleepy Hollow. At alanines "the heart of the thermal wonderland", is a fascinating place to visit, not .only because of the smells, sulphur and geysers, but because of its often neglected glories, ' the gardens and the lakes. Just now, great azaleas will he tumbling purple blossoms over the springiest lawns ih New Zealand. Young men will swing tennis rackets., and their dads . trundle bowls, to the deep satisfaction of all concerned. And on the lakes, there will be glory of blue water and studded islets, not to mention the thrill of a six-pound rainbow tugging at one's line.