
	New Zealand Kauri



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New Zealand Kauri

New Zealand is a beautiful place, and well worth taking the trouble to visit. This is a random highway shot taken on the north island on the east side.

One of the most striking features of that part of New Zealand is Waipoua Forest, the forest of giant Kauri trees. These trees are of unbelievable size. Here’s a snapshot of the base of one.

That photo gets much more impressive when you know that the red stick things that look like they’re coming from between the trees are Jen’s arms sticking up over her head. (You can see the boardwalk at the left and right edges of the image.) You can see Jen with another one on wikipedia, that one is Te Matua Ngahere (the Father of the Forest)… 5-6 m in diameter.

The Kauris are just one of the things about New Zealand that make people look small. here’s a funny pair of hobbit shots.

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2006-11-19 14:26 ...1


	Big Things Just thought I'd say hi as I'm trying to visit and comment on as many of the NaBloPoMo blogs as I can. :) I'd be keen to think that they just copied the big things idea from the Aussies, but it seems that they're both equally keen on having big things around to make us realise our scale. ;) at 2006-11-20 15:48 by Sephiroth

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