New Zealand, Lake Taupo, Huka Falls, Orakei Korako Geothermal Park & Waitomo Glow-worm Caves.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2021
- New Zealand never ceases to amaze. In this video we start out from the South end of Lake Taupo, following Highway 41 to its junction with Highway 1 at Tūrangi. From here to Taupo the road is never far from the shores of the lake, a flooded caldera created by a super-volcanic eruption which occurred approximately 26,500 years ago. Lake Taupo is the largest freshwater lake in all of Australasia, draining into the Waikato River (New Zealand's longest river).
We visit Huka Falls, located a few kilometres north of Taupo, where the normally 100m wide Waikato River, is forced through a 20 metre wide gorge losing 20 metres in height from start to finish.
Orakei Korako Geothermal Park is located on the banks of the Waikato River, the park boasts the most active geysers of any geothermal park in New Zealand, up to 23 natural geysers can be active at one time, creating an ever changing landscape. The boiling hot springs and vibrant colours make this a place you’ll never forget, there are native bushwalks through this untouched paradise where the air is filled with sound of native birds.
Finally, no trip to Central North Island would be complete without a visit to Waitomo Glow-worm Caves where we watch our guide feeding monster eels at the entrance of one of the caves.
This video was filmed between 2006 and 2019 on a variety of cameras, some HD, others 4K.
Music - Track - Composer/Band - Source
04:18 - ES_Easy to Entertain - River Run Dry - epidemicsound.com
34:18 & 35:22 - ES_Spaced Out - Phoenix Tail - epidemicsound.com
Hello Tim, like the German woman, who traveled the world alone in her VW convertible, spontaneously replied to the question "where was it nicest": "New Zealand! It was even more beautiful at every corner." - Cheers, Heinz
Hello Heinz, the lady's answer doesn't surprise me, there are few places in the world with such varied and beautiful scenery, although for me the countries that once made up the former Yugoslavia would come a close second and it goes without saying that Switzerland would also feature in most travel writers top 5 favorite places. We are lucky to live in such a beautiful world 😊
Hi tim,Great pictures thank you,beautiful nz there's no other place on earth like it,cheer's bob.
Totally agree. - Heinz
Hello Robert, I'm glad you are enjoying following my New Zealand adventures, as I edit these videos, I'm reminded of just how lucky I am to have see all these wonderful sights. Take care. Tim.
Really great videos. Good landscape and photography. Natural earth 🌎 beauty.
Thank you I'm pleased you enjoy them. I am just finishing another video showing the wonders of Rotorua, the place is alive, bubbling mud pools, geysers and hot springs everywhere, it should be available tomorrow. No trip to New Zealand would be complete without spending several days in Rotorua visiting some of the thermal wonders.
Tim, thank you for another fascinating and enthralling assembly of shots, sounds and vistas from NZ.
Though I’ve only spent a single week in North Island, that was some years ago, visiting friends & being guided around sights, such as Lake Taupo & the Bay of Plenty. My memories; variously of quiet roads, sulphurous scents, vast vistas & tumbling torrents were brought back strongly with your edited detail, captured in your video.
Thank you for sharing yet another wonderful look back; at times when things were simpler and travel less restricted. Peter
Hi Peter, hopefully it wont be too long before it's safe to travel again. Editing these videos is the nearest I've been to travelling abroad for over a year now, I'm starting to get itchy feet, but there is no way I'd place myself and others at risk by venturing overseas before the government has given the all clear, it may be a while before New Zealand welcomes tourists again. I'm glad these videos rekindle happy memories from your New Zealand adventure. Take care and stay safe. Tim.
Hear. Hear! Tim. The prospect of seeing my middle son & 3 Aussie grandkids, other than on FaceTime or Skype, is drawing me forward in hope.
fery interesting cave. thank for this amazing video Tim,stay save with yor familie.greetz:Peer.
Thank you, I hope you are family are safe and well.
Wonderful video!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful video. Huka Falls are gorgeous. Thanks again.
Hi Ted, one moment New Zealand looks and feels like England then you turn a corner to see something you would never see in in England, for me that is part of the attraction of the place. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Nice videography.From kolkata, India
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Hi Tim! It's indescribable, these beautiful shots. The hot springs suggest volcanic origins. An eel that can be hand-fed and petted. This animal has to have a lot of trust in people, otherwise you won't get that in front of the lens. The picture quality is really great. I hope you enjoyed the holidays. Best regards from Hans from the Mühlviertel. 🍻🇦🇹
Hello Hans, the volcanic parks are fascinating, the ground is alive, bubbling, hissing, and so colorful, there is nothing like it the UK. For some reason the eels never return to the Sargasso Sea like they do in other parts of the world, they stay in the rivers where they grow up to 2 metres in length. They get to recognize the people who feed them regularly, such as the tour guides, although it's not a good idea for tourists to feed them, an eel doesn't know the difference between a piece of meat and a finger. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Stay safe. Tim.
What a fabulous video!!! You have captured so many extraordinary scenic views of nature!!!! This is really a tremendous job by you!!! Awesome!!!
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I'm currently working on two videos showing the volcanic parks in and around Rotorua, the whole area fascinates me. I posted this one showing White Island, just months before it erupted with tragic consequences. Mother nature is awesome and at times unpredictable - th-cam.com/video/XHtpzij0-qA/w-d-xo.html
brilliant
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Very nice video! Like!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I wonder if I should start posting content like this.
Since leaving the ‘warm’ embrace of rail, I spent, until Covid turned up, 4 years tooling around NZ behind the wheel of tour busses. 😬
I love videos like this where I get to play ‘name that spot’ before the captions start. 🤓
As always, stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍
Hello DB, driving tour buses is a great way to see the country. You live in one of the most beautiful places on earth, on top of that there is the volcanic stuff, to someone like myself who lives in a country where there is no volcanic activity, I find it fascinating and a little scary at times, I was on White Island just a few months before it erupted. I am posting these videos because Covid has prevented me from travelling to shoot new footage. As you can see I shot plenty of footage on my 2019 tour which I have combined with video from earlier visits to create a virtual tour of New Zealand, I will be featuring Rotorua next. Sadly these videos don't attract high viewing figures, on the plus side it is wonderful way to re-live my New Zealand experiences, for that reason alone they are worth making. I'm sure you've got some interesting footage, coupled with better local knowledge than I have, it's got to be worth doing. It's always good to hear from you. Take care. Tim.
I know Rotorua well from my childhood BUT for sheer drama, scenery wise, nothing beats driving the road to Milford Sound. As a Kiwi we’re used to all green stuff, bubbling mud, yada yada yada, but driving up the bed of a glacier with 3000’ walls, THROUGH the alpine spine (yeah I know I used to do it for a living using a train no less), and then descending another glacier (3000’ in 8 miles), that’s something most NZer’s haven’t experienced.
Subject change… I once got into a “difference of opinion” with a Waitomo guide on being quiet around glow worms. He failed to believe we had them in some of the North Auckland Line tunnels. Trains passing through didn’t seem to bother them. NaYa. I suspect there’s other rail tunnels with them but I could only speak to those I’d seen personally.
@@DB-thats-me | guess if you've grown up with geothermal parks on your doorstep, they don't have the same effect as they have on someone like myself who'd never seen anything like them before. Two places in the world have actually bought tears to my eyes with their stunning beauty, one was Mitre Peak the other was Lake Bled in Slovenia, both of which are featured on this channel. Doubtful Sound might be the most stunning fjord, but Milford Sound would be the place I'd recommend visiting simply because the drive is a much a part of the experience as sailing on the sound itself.
I'm sure you could add an extra dimension to any videos you post featuring your favorite New Zealand experiences with your own observations and anecdotes. They say everyone has a book in them, I've met few New Zealanders who have seen as much of the country as you have, especially from the cab of a train. Have you considered using your memories and photograghs to share some of your favorite moments either as a video magazine or as a book? I've never seen a glow worm glow, did they show up in the head-light of the train? that is a sight I'd love to have seen.
mmmmm,vulcanic stays for,,,gold.yesss.
Tim,did you make a trip with that boat from the Hukafals?
I didn't ride this jetboat, although I did swim and canoe in the river.
wooooow,termal pools left,when you visit that you wil be 20 yaers younger,hahaha,they told me in Tirol in Bag Gastein. Austria.
At one of the other Rotorua thermal parks women were taking mud baths in the hope that they would be beautiful 😂
@@Timsvideochannel1 lol,coool to see.lol.
Whe have the same water birds here,the Aalscholver en the Eend.
Birds make a happy sound, I love the dawn chorus.
As I was viewing that cataract of water I kept thinking that as surging as it was somebody would want to run it on a Kayak. I'd bet it's been tried once or twice in the past,
After reading your comment, I wondered if it was possible, so I asked Google, here's the answer - th-cam.com/video/aI6ztSe7CJ8/w-d-xo.html
@@Timsvideochannel1 I'm sure glad the duct tape held. The falls looked challenging. I suspect the video stopped right there for a reason.
@@stevenlester2606 If duct tape were looking to make an advert for the strength of their product, this video is the perfect endorsement.
i think you can drink that water by the Huka fals.100% pure clean water.
It is a very strange river, there are hot springs in the river, one moment the water is cold, the next it is warm. The water looks clean enough to drink.
Boa noite Abreu e Lima Pernambuco Brasil
Goodnight from England 😊
Ha Tim,ga hem gelijk kijken.lol.alles okikidooo?
😊
@@Timsvideochannel1 amazing video Tim,thanks.have a nice day,greetz:Peer. i gonna sleep now,its01:18. must up on 08:45. laterzzzz.
@@MrPeerum It's getting late here too. Good Night.
I was going to download this video using a recently-acquired function from my AVG Secure Browser, AVG Video Downloader, *BUT* it doesn't recognise the content on TH-cam! *Bummer!*
My videos are often used as background to musical compositions/songs/poetry reading and the like. I allow up to 5 minutes from my videos to be used for such purposes as long as the original sound track is replaced and the video content is credited to my channel, so I guess there is software out there that can download TH-cam videos.
@@Timsvideochannel1 There is facility to download TH-cam video content, I had AVG Video Download, tried it and it failed. I would only downloaded the video for viewing off-line. As to people using your content as backdrop for their music/poetry, I hope they *DO* give proper and du acknowledgement to you. It's common courtesy! Though these days, courteous people appear to be thin on the ground.
@@neilforbes416 The TH-cam content ID tool is pretty good at picking copied content, I don't like issuing video removal requests, but sometimes people go too far, removing the front and back of the videos, then claiming them as their own ... I always remove such videos. When it comes to people using my visual content with music or poetry, they are not competing for my audience and if they include an advert for my channel, then is works in everyone's interest ... I never remove such videos. There are a lot of decent people in the world who are happy to play ball, it's sad that the few sometimes spoil it for everyone, but isn't that the case in most walks of life? PS I used to use VLC to download videos, but you didn't hear that from me ;-)
@@Timsvideochannel1 Shhhhhhh..... Tim! Better not say too much about VLC there! LOL I would hope that anyone who does use your video content, treats it with utmost respect and acknowledges you as content creator, including retention of your watermark and not try to hide it. For myself I don't use watermarks, but I'd still rightfully expect proper acknowledgement should anyone use any of my video content in their own videos.
@@neilforbes416 I haven't used VLC for a few years now, I don't know if it still works as well as it used to. I received about 10 content ID notifications yesterday, all but three had credited the visual content to my channel, so I politely asked the remaining 3 to do so to avoid me removing their videos. One had re-uploaded the whole of one of my videos including my titles at the beginning and end, I didn't remove it because he'd also included Royalty free music, for which he has not paid, I'll leave it to the music guys to remove the video, they are not as polite as I am.
I was holding off watching this video until my AdBlock function returned on my AVG Secure Browser, but thought I'd give it a go anyway, and sure enough copped two ads at the 14:53 point in the video. I watch TH-cam to *GET AWAY* from the moronic ads I see on free-to-air terrestrial TV, so when they pop up during TH-cam videos, to me that's the *ultimate obscenity!* Ads aren't needed as many TH-cam content creators(myself excluded as my channels are but hobbies) have their own revenue-raising methods, Patreon, Memberships and Merchandise, which help them directly. I doubt that TH-cam content creators would even see one red cent of money from those accursed ads.
As to your video though, I'm enjoying the trip through New Zealand with you. It's almost like I'm sitting in the vehicle with you!
@Neil Forbes well i am getting avertisments from your videos even though you wont get them as your the creator but you and just have to put up with it either way just give up TH-cam all togeather AVG anivirus has to be the worst software to use as it slows your computer down i used to use (but not now) mcafee its very good value for money you are making money out of your videos
Hello Neil, adverts are a problem for viewers and creators alike, just recently TH-cam has announced that it is placing adverts on all videos, regardless of whether or not they have been monetized. I reduce the number of ad-breaks in my videos, but to go back through them all would take a long time. When I reduced the number of ad-breaks my viewing figures dropped by a considerable margin, leading me to suspect the algorithm promotes videos with the most advertising potential. Revenue is king today, sadly quality takes second place. I could increase my revenue by posting much shorter videos, showing only the more dramatic stuff weekly or more often. I don't make these videos for money, I could never make a living from TH-cam and I'd always be worried that a change of policy could result in my kind of videos being kicked off the platform because they don't make enough money. For me TH-cam is still a hobby, that does give me a useful contribution to my travelling, but the reality is I put in 2 dollars of my own money for every dollar TH-cam contributes and that is way better than I imagined would be the case when I started out, so I can't complain. These longer videos take more than a week, sometime three weeks to edit and I do sometimes feel TH-cam puts too much pressure on people to post weekly. At the moment I am using a mixture of older and newer material to create videos which takes longer than using just new material. I looking forward to travelling again, I could do with more new footage. There is an alternative that I am considering, that is to pay for TH-cam premium so that I can watch ad-free, it would be way better value than paying for the current politically biased stuff spewed out by the BBC, but that is a story for another day. Take care and stay safe. Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Like you, I am a hobby videographer, and that's why I'd *object in the strongest terms* to any content I upload to have ads peppered through it! The comment that *TH-cam has announced that it is placing adverts on all videos, regardless of whether or not they have been monetized* shows that TH-cam is overreaching.* Trouble is, there is no alternative to TH-cam. Vimeo and Amazon both charge a fee to be on their respective platforms, so that rules them out as viable alternatives to TH-cam, but if TH-cam keeps on the way its going, it will lose all but a small handful of content creators, and it's us small amateur and semi-pro creators who are TH-cam's *Bread and Butter.*
@@neilforbes416 this has been going on for years nothing you can do about it’s the way TH-cam making money out of the videos that we post
@@neilforbes416 I don't know what the answer is, I understand TH-cam want to make money and its I fine line between increasing revenue and driving creators along with viewers to an alternative platform. A rival platform would provide competition to keep TH-cam in check, but if that happened Google would simple buy the rival platform. We are where we are for the time being until an alternative comes along.