Dec 16,  I Flew in from Uluru to Auckland late and caught the bus into town to meet with my brother Matt, on K Road. I went to stay at his flat.  I was thankful as I had a room, his flatmate was away and I was pretty tired, so it was good to relax there!  A few days later I caught a bus to Katikati to see my parents, Colleen and Lawrie.  My mum thought I would at least be there for my birthday, but spirit had other plans to follow at this time, (so sorry mum… but I was off again!)

On the 21st of December, my parents kindly dropped me early in Tauranga, and I caught a bus to Turangi.  I felt guided to go to Rotopounamu and be there for the Solstice, the precession of the equinoxes.  And this also fell on my birthday in NZ, on the 22nd of December.  According to Robert Coon, the Rainbow serpent dips under New Zealand and this sacred lake is the water element of the earth.  I had just followed this line from Glastonbury, to Bali to Uluru.

I had been in contact with Ian from the Samurai Lodge backpackers with emails before arrival, and he had said he could transport me to the lake for $5.  Ian was extremely friendly.  I got there, and he asked if I had a license, I said ‘yes’.  He then asked if I had it with me, I said ‘no’, he said, ‘doesn’t matter’, and threw me his car keys!  I hadn’t planned on going there on the 21^st upon arrival, but spirit had other ideas!  Three others from the hostel came too and it was not far to drive from the hostel. We all put $5 petrol in each too, we did a loop on the way and went past a marae, and had a look from the outside.

It was a great day, with a young Canadian couple and a young German lass, none of us had been to the  lake before. Its an hour and a half walk around it. I ended up going three days on the trot, the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December 2012.

When we arrived at a clearing on part of the lake with the most beach, there were many people meditating, concentrating quietly on the lake. There was about twenty people and looked like different nationalities. I asked the others if they would like to do one, as they said they had never seen anyone meditate before. I felt guided to do this. So I said ‘I know it sounds weird, but if you would like, to send as much love as you can to the middle of the lake and into the water’. We all did this together.

We had such a lovely walk around, there are some fantastic trees and foliage in there. Dreamland.  I have heard it said that there are evidently four tributary streams that enter the lake, but it is unknown where the water goes to.  And filling a crater nestled into the western side of Mount Pihanga, the lake covers one square kilometre. The name means, ‘roto’ (lake) and ‘pounamu’ (greenstone).

From the lookout we stopped at on the way back, this hill or volcano, not sure what the name of it is, but has an interesting shape to it.  And where we stopped there was lots of fog, it looked really amazing.

At one of the lookouts there was a lot of fog…

22^nd Dec – The next day was my birthday, 42^nd.   It was the procession of the equinoxes. And as I found out later this is when the earth raised its frequency.  This was the day that had been been prophesised. 

I went up Mt Tongariro with Ian whom runs hostel and other backpackers in his van and some of his children, heck what an amazing place, molten rock, where some of the Lord of the Rings footage was shot.

And then he dropped me back off at the lake again, it was slightly rainy but it cleared.  I had a swim, like the day before. I didn’t see many people. On the three days I went around, twice I think it was anti-clockwise and once clockwise.

There was a tree that I had felt a very strong energy by, and was guided to be at that spot for a long time. A couple whom had been on the track also, gave me a lift back to Turangi town ship.

The next day, I went back to the Lake again for the third day, and a swim again.  I found a lift back to the hostel with a German traveller, as he was leaving the lake track at the same time I was.  I picked up my bag at hostel and caught the bus to Tauranga. My brother Matt kindly picked me up and took me back to KatiKati, for a belated birthday dinner with my family.