On the way home to Auckland, we took the western coast and paid a visit to Tane Mahuta in the Waipoua Forest- a 2000 year old Kauri Tree which is about 50 metres tall . Its huge, really majestic.
It was difficult to photograph the whole tree and still be in the picture so if you look really really hard, you can see a pin-size Ren at the bottom of the next picture.
It was difficult to photograph the whole tree and still be in the picture so if you look really really hard, you can see a pin-size Ren at the bottom of the next picture.
Our final stop was the Kauri Museum in Matakohe where we saw some fascinating kauri exhibits.
Bath tubs were once made of kauri......
A cross section of a kauri tree......
Bath tubs were once made of kauri......Inside a kauri tree trunk...
Boarding house of the 1900s...
Kauri art pieces.....
Kauri home deco and furniture......
and Kauri gum...
oops, Erica almost lost her finger to kauri fish!
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