Agrodome/Zorb

Wai-O-Tapu was the morning trip; for Saturday afternoon we drove to the Agrodome for the world's best live sheep show. Emily videotaped the whole show, but you'll have to fly down and see it for yourself.

Near the end, with all sheep on stage and sheepdogs standing on two of them, they gave kids milk bottles and let them feed black lambs.



A sheep was sheared--live!--and low grade wool
was passed about. They kept the high grade stuff
on stage.



Before the show, Benjamin posed with 1/2 the sheep waiting for the show. They were so still we first thought they were models.


The Agrodome show ended with a live sheepdog demonstration. On our way to the hotel we stopped to see if anyone was Zorbing. Someone was. She appeared to be 12 or so years old. Zorbers get inside the inner sphere, the crew adds warm water, and you roll down a big hill. That's $50NZD well spent.

We brought our suits, but it was really, really cold out.

We rushed to Rotorua for an early meal and a good night sleeping in the warm, warm, hotel rooms.

New Zealand is the source for new adrenaline-producing thrills. Bungee jumping started here. There's Zorb. Our rent-a-car agent tried to talk us into white water rafting over a 7 meter waterfall. That's a 23 foot drop! "It's the only commercial outfit in the world that'll let ya go over a waterfall like that!" I bet you cannot sue for injuries here.