DIDYMO BIOSECURITY – TRM had a visitor this morning requesting info on the protocols for preventing the spread of “Gold Clams”. He was planning to stay for three days fishing in early November and as it involved other fishos he wanted to be sure. It is good to see some still care enough to check […]

The publicity photo above dated about 1959 illustrates the local ‘River Road’ store (selling Peter Pan ice cream) when the original “proprietors” Sylvia & Keith Penketh developed the village shop and caravan park. Now Taupo Council’s enlightened planners will not allow any commercial development of the motel as the land was rezoned “residential”. A history […]

As we head towards daylight savings time on Sunday the blossom trees burst into flower to cheer up all the traffic along the Tongariro River Trail. They remind us that summer is almost here. The photos are from the trail along the stop bank between Te Aho Street and the SH1 road bridge. Do not […]

Following the recent social media traffic about someone silly enough to give Christian Asher a hard time for keeping his legal limit bag, just out of curiosity we decided to check the regulations. This is not recommended. Instead, I discovered that SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed is the Manager of Everything at TRM) has […]