Rotorua

Rotorua is a town with geothermal springs. The springs are nice, but it makes the whole town smell like sulfur. The Agrodome was the first stop. I thought it would be a little lame, (The Shearing Museum?) but everyone recommended it, so we all went to see it. It was actually a really cool stop. They had a showing with all the sheep, and they had volunteers to come up and milk a cow, and feed baby goats. It was really funny. At one point, they had a bunch of sheepdogs come out. The sheep all stood up, and the dogs ran over their backs like stairs.

 

We went straight from the sheepshow to the original home of the Zorb. The Zorb was invented in Rotorua, and they have a few tracks. This is the coolest thing I've ever done. The Zorb has an outer ball, and an inner ball tethered in the middle. The opening is tiny, I had to run and dive through, and I landed in a small pool of water. Siena dove through too, and we were sent down the hill. I couldn't see out of the Zorb, it just kept spinning, and since there was water on the bottom, we just slid around it, crashing into each other and screaming our heads off. It was so cool! We both were soaked by the time it ended. There was a discount if you did it twice, so we each did a separate time. The second hill was a lot bumpier, and I was alone. I was bouncing up and down all around the Zorb. The water got in my face and I was practically flailing around. It was so wild, so out of control. I loved it.