Tag: Taupo

  • Free Ride to Plog a Supervolcano

    I bummed a ride this morning from Palmerston North (in the North Island of New Zealand) to the little city of Taupo, which sits on the rim of a giant volcano crater. While it’s currently dormant, scientists keep a close eye on it because of its supervolcano status.

    Lake Taupo is one of the largest and most active supervolcanos on the planet, not by surface area but by explosive power.

    The city of Taupo was nauseatingly busy today due to a car race happening this weekend, so I escaped to plog a little park overlooking the town of Kinloch.

    The flowers were left to remember the local resident recognised on the plaque near the seat: Yvonne Maureen Pitt.