Monday, January 20, 2014

Trip to Northland - Deep in the Kauri Forest

 Lucky the navigator, aim for the forest
 Mano and Tane Mahuta, the largest living Kauri in NZ, about 13.7m diameter, 2,100 years...

And below is the gum collection. Gum digging was a large industry for years. Gum was used as ornaments, to make oil, wax; the wood (sometimes retrieved from swamps) was used for building.
 Claire's paradise :-)




1 comment:

  1. Pretty amazing. Nice turtle in the car, I suppose she moves her head on. What a tree!! And gums are wonderful. I suppose it is a small animal, this "Huhu grub", he is in a way similar to Roger my little "snake in a bottle"
    Thanks a lot

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