Hiking in the woods
On August - 18 - 2008
Today Scott was so kind and showed me around a place where he was often as a kid. Its a place in the forest near Sooke. Its beautiful. We did a walk up the hill and then down to the river. It was sometimes a little challenge because there was no proper way and we went through wilderness but that’s what I like sometimes. At the end chrystal clear water awaits us but it was freezing because it comes directly out of the near mountains… There was a cliff too where kids were jumping of. I didn’t. Forgot to bring my bikini and also don’t know if I had enough courage…. This is basically what I wanted to see… I love those wild forests. And I had a great day and good company. Read the rest of this entry »
Abel Tasman National Park
On November - 6 - 2006
Weekend in Thames
On June - 23 - 2006
Again I spent a weekend in Thames together with Russell at his parents place. We done almost nothing just relaxing and I took some nice pictures of exotic plants we have not back in Germany. First time I saw a macadamia nut tree and I was very surprised what it looks like. Its leaves look and feel like laurel leaves.
Macadamia tree leaves
Kauri tree cone
Tane Mahuta
On April - 16 - 2006
On Easter Sunday Steele a friend of mine picked me up at 7:30 in the morning for a day trip to the north of the north island. Was my birthday trip 
The weather was mixed but all in all we had mostly sunshine. First we drove over Whangarei to Paihia one of the coast towns at the “Bay of Islands”. We had there a New Zealand breakfast and watched a bit the little shops and the beach.
In one shop I found a big poster of the world oldest tree a gigantic Kauri in the Waipoua Forest. Steele was so gentle to bring me down there. The trip was from the east to the west coast. We stopped at the coast at Opononi for this wonderful view.
The name of the old tree is “Tane Mahuta” and it means God of the forest after an old Maori myth. The tree is more than 2000 years old and more than 50m high. The circumference is 13,8m. Imagine what the old tree all experienced. This Kauri was there before the polynisian and the first european people arrived. This Kauri is so huge. Unbelievable. Photos can’t express the impression you have in front of this relict of ancient times. And I never knew before that the oldest tree on earth is in New Zealand.
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