Nostalgic Rotorua

February 1966 - Rotorua got a visit from Surfers Paradise - meter maid Terri Hughes pictured with local June Grant. It caused a stir here in Rotorua. The Rotorua Retailers Association brought Terri over from the Gold Coast, and people drove from all over to leave their car in a metered spot, hoping to get a courtesy ticket. It was sunny for 4 days in the week Terri was here and rained on the 5th, sounds like summer.
Please keep in mind this was 1966, it was a different era, but it did cause a stir, and it was a popular stunt.

Photos Copyright Rotorua Photo News.

The Lake House Hotel as originally known as the Ohinemutu Hotel, opened in 1872 . It holds alot space in many memories. I know for me , there was some crazy times there. It underwent several ownership changes and was eventually demolished in 2018.

This is a well photo of the Lakehouse, I was gifted a copy by the family of Harry Jukes. I tried something differrent here… I got ai to recreate the image.. Its eerie to say the least. AI is interesting, and spooky. Most of the people it either redrew looking really spooky or deformed. I do like the clean and clear image it returned of the back of the hotel, and you can see Pukeroa Hill (Hospital Hill) in the background to the left. I think this helps to imagine how the buildings and things looked… from here, when I post an AI generated image, I will add the AI in a red circle so its obvious.