Around New Zealand with Reed
Waitomo Caves Wonderland
Colour reproduction from 'Waitomo Caves Wonderland', Wellington: AH & AW Reed, c. 1965
Waitomo Caves Wonderland
The magic panoply of light is broken only by down-growing stalactites that form strange patterns amongst the myriad lights. Here is an all-pervading peace in the midst of radiant loneliness.
The New Zealand glow-worm, shining and shimmering in its tens of thousands on the roof and walls of the Glow-Worm Grotto, presents a spectacle of beauty that cannot be rivalled anywhere. Outside this country the New Zealand glow-worm is rarely known, and indeed is never seen elsewhere in such magnificent array.
This Kowhai Gold booklet was devoted to the Waitomo, Aranui and Ruakuri limestone caves, and such attractions as the Cathedral, the Organ, the Sphinx, the Bride's Bouquet, the Crystal Place and the Carrots and Parsnips, all equipped with "handrails, duckboards and lighting effects" for the visitor's convenience.
Waitomo Caves Wonderland, Wellington: AH & AW Reed, c. 1965. All photographs K and J Bigwood. No other credit information was published in this booklet.
Image and text extracts appear courtesy of Reed.
