Rotura was an interesting city but I would never live there. First of all, there was the smell - like rotten eggs. Then, there are hot springs everywhere. There were signs at the park to stay on the posted paths as hot springs just randomly pop up and you could sink into one. Yikes!
We also saw places where a "hot spot" appeared under someone's fence or shed. And yes, it is hot enough to scorch and burn material. Some people had harnessed the hot spring in their yard and pumped the water into a hot tub then advertised their B'nB with a "natural hot spring."
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The lake of hot springs
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Boiling mud!
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We went to the local hot spring park area which was free and walked about the pools. We saw a huge pool with hot water gushing up in the middle. It looked like sci-fi with the dead trees around the borders and the steam rising from the centre. Beautiful colours in the dead lake. There was also a smaller pool that had boiling mud. And then a pile of large rocks that had steam coming out in different places as the hot spring shifted around. There were signs posted around the walk way that described some facts and history about these hot springs. The aboriginals used them for bathing and maybe, for cooking some fish (probably while they were bathing). There were also legends about beautiful women being kidnapped by the gods while they went to bath (i.e. they died or disappeared...hmm...I wonder why...). I personally would never get into one of the hot springs especially since they are hot because the water is connected to hot flowing magma! Yes, it is an "unstable" area. You could purchase "healing" mud from the hot springs in almost every shop in town.
Our hotel had a pool that the kids and I enjoyed. It was a bit cool, but our splashing and playing kept us warm.
At night there was a circus in the middle of town. Allison was very, very excited and so over-tired at the end that she was giddy. We had a couple of rides at first: Allison went in a huge ball over water, Lucy bounced really high doing flips on the trampoline, and Hannah fished for a duck toy and then got bounced on the trampoline too (getting flung way, way too high on the spring). Then a couple of slides down a blow-up castle before heading into the tent to see the show. The performers did an excellent job! It was funny, entertaining, sometimes amazing and incredible to see how powerful these people are. Quite a fun and exciting night!
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Allison in a ball |
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Circus cast |
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Hannah in the air |
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Huge leaves on the plant behind us! |
A place that was really neat to visit. But no appeal to stay permanently!
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