Queensland Term Abroad
Schedule
Friday, December 5
National Park
(Tongariro National Park)
1) Hike the Tongariro Crossing (Full Day hike)
Mangatapopo Hut. Ngauruhoe volcano, eruptive deposits and nueé ardente flows of 1978, Red Crater fumerole activity. Shuttle drop off and pickup at trail heads: 07:00 AM departure.
OR (cloud/rain)
1) Whakapapa skifields and the 1996 lahar that crossed the ski fields, DOC visitor center. Ruapehu crater and lahar danger. Eruption warning system. (IGNS geologists). Discussion of 1995 and 1996 eruptive sequences.
Whakapapa DOC visitor center. (07) 892-3729 (fax) 892-3814, www.doc.govt.nz; "Volcanoes of the Southwind" and "Sacred gift of Tongariro"
Chair lift: (09:00 to 13:30 - last ride up): www.whakapapa.co.nz
OR (rain)
1) Whanganu River and lahar deposits from 1996 and 1943. 1943 Tangiwai train disaster. Desert road, ring-plain deposits.
Tangiwai disaster Site stop
Ring plain deposits (East Desert Rd)
(a) Waikato Stream crossing: 10 m deposits incised by river, lahar deposit.
(b) Waihohonu Stream crossing: Taupo deposits, pumice clasts, carbonized wood deposits, lahar deposits.
Accommodation: Discovery Lodge, State Hwy 47 and 48, PO Box 55, National Park, +64, 7, 892-2744 (fax) 892-2603. Hosts: Harland family. Email: info@discovery.net.nz