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\"mount-awesome\"<\/a>Drew\u2019s curse continues \u2013 the waves have been either flat or extremely small.\u00a0 I keep reminding him, when he gets depressed over it, that this a family vacation and that surf is only a bonus.\u00a0 But nothing I say makes it any easier for him…
\nWe\u2019ve renamed Mount Manganui as MOUNT AWESOME, because it’s the most awesome town we\u2019ve been to.\u00a0 It\u2019s a friendly little surf town nestled around the small mount.\u00a0 Completely picturesque, and with loads of delicious cafes, we could live here easily.<\/p>\n

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Royce on his Triumph<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

After surfing small spunk waves in Mount Awesome, it was off to Rotorua, the geothermal wonder-land.\u00a0 You can smell Rotorua before you even arrive \u2013 that awful rotten egg smell coming from the sulphurous pools of bubbling, boiling mud.\u00a0 All over town, even in backyards, there are pools of boiling water and mud.\u00a0 Quite a site to see!<\/p>\n

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The curse of small waves Mount Manganui<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Follow Spunk on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out Spunk\u2019s new blog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Smelly Rotorua Waters<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hot Bubbling Rotorua Waters<\/p><\/div>\n

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Drew\u2019s curse continues \u2013 the waves have been either flat or extremely small.\u00a0 I keep reminding him, when he gets depressed over it, that this a family vacation and that surf is only a bonus.\u00a0 But nothing I say makes it any easier for him……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[87,651,696,963,965,1160],"class_list":["post-3446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","tag-art","tag-mount-manganui","tag-new-zealand","tag-rotorua","tag-royce-mcclure","tag-surf-and-paint-tour"],"yoast_head":"\nNZTL 2022 Mount Awesome, Smelly Rotorua and THE CURSE - Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nztl-2022-mount-awesome-smelly-rotorua-and-the-curse\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maria Brophy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nztl-2022-mount-awesome-smelly-rotorua-and-the-curse\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nztl-2022-mount-awesome-smelly-rotorua-and-the-curse\/\",\"name\":\"NZTL 2022 Mount Awesome, Smelly Rotorua and THE CURSE - 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