taupo – day 6

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huka prawn park to catch us some prawn

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we had a tour backstage of the park to see how they grow them in the geothermally warmed water

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they are weird things

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after the tour we did some fishing.

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only jane managed to catch one despite us sitting there for hours with our little sticks

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then jane cooked and ate hers

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having had her appetite whetted we headed in to the restaurant for her to eat more

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i had chips

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after the prawns we went back to the falls and stood in the correct place to watch the dam open and the water come whooshing down

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before the water came (above)

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we did go back to the prawns but were a bit late for fishing.  on the way home we stopped at a glass blowing place and a bee place

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here’s jane’s prawn