Adkin album 02

"Illustrating geological formations, Vol 2". Black & white photographs showing the geology and geomorphology of the Rotorua area, taken while George Leslie Adkin was attending a New Zealand Geological Survey Staff Conference, May 9-22, 1948. Includes images of a thermal spring at Ohaki (near Rotorua), the Hinemaiai Stream; Lakes Taupo and Rotoaira, aerial views of the Tongariro volcanic complex showing Mt Tongariro, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe with the Waco plane used for the flights; the Tikitere thermal area; Lake Rotoiti; the ignimbrite gorge of the Waikato River at the Maraetai dam site; Whakarewarewa; Maggie Papakura's house at Tuhoromatakaka, Whakarewarewa. He later visited Napier and Hastings (Sept 3-7, and 15-20, 1948), and has images showing Napier City; the shingle beach at the breakwater, Napier; Ahuriri Bluff, and the Manawatu Gorge. On Sept 9th 1948 he took photographs of the Wellington Peninsula from Parkvale Road to Mt Kaukau, and from Mt Kaukau showing the Wellington City hill system and its topographical features.