Wednesday, March 29, 2000

Kauri Country

28-Mar-2000 thru 29-Mar-2000

Kauri trees are the largest trees in New Zealand - possibly the second largest trees in the world behind California's mighty sequoia. Northern New Zealand was once covered with Kauris; now less than 0.03% of them remain



 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)
 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)
 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

A picturesque church on a Morai

SGK calls it "The Allergy Plant".    It is quite common in NZ (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Pampas Grass
SGK calls it "The Allergy Plant". It is quite common in NZ

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Magic mushroom on the side of a Rimu tree

If you look closely you can see the DR's head poking out (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

The pathway to the giants
If you look closely you can see the DR's head poking out

The dimensions of Tane Mahuta are:.  Trunk Height 17.7m.  Trunk Girth 13.8m.  Total Height 51.5m.  Volume 244.5m³.  .  A nearby sign said:.  In Maori cosmology Tane is the son of Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatuanuku the Earth Mother.   Tane tore his parents apart, breaking their primal embrace, to bring light, space and air and allowing life to flourish.  .  Tane is the life-giver - all living creatures are his children.  .  This is the largest living Kauri tree in New Zealand.   It is difficult to accurately estimate the age of Tane Mahuta.   But, it may be that Tane Mahuta sprang from seed around 2000 years ago, during the lifetime of Christ.   (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Tane Mahuta - God of the Forest
The dimensions of Tane Mahuta are:.
Trunk Height 17.7m.
Trunk Girth 13.8m.
Total Height 51.5m.
Volume 244.5m³.
A nearby sign said:
In Maori cosmology Tane is the son of Ranginui the Sky Father and Papatuanuku the Earth Mother. Tane tore his parents apart, breaking their primal embrace, to bring light, space and air and allowing life to flourish.
Tane is the life-giver - all living creatures are his children.
This is the largest living Kauri tree in New Zealand. It is difficult to accurately estimate the age of Tane Mahuta. But, it may be that Tane Mahuta sprang from seed around 2000 years ago, during the lifetime of Christ.

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Group shot in front of Tane Mahuta

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Inside a felled kauri

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

A thistle on a mountainside

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Yes, we are really in New Zealand

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Helen in her wellie's

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)


Helen and SaraGrace try out the logging equipment

 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, North Island)

Here we are with the Bullock team that hauls the logs

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Bullocks

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Typical scenery - 100 years ago this would have been dense forest

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