Thursday, January 15, 2009

Tane Mahute - Big Tree in the Woods

So after leaving the Bay of Islands area, we decided to head back down the West Coast of New Zealand. We drove up the East coast this morning and thought we would really get good bang for our buck by checking out what the West coast had to offer. So we heard about some huge tress and the rain forest and thought that sounded interesting.
So this is Greg and I in front of the "big tree" or Tane Mahute. This tree is ~42 feet in diameter. It is enormous and the picture doesn't even do it justice. The drive was beautiful. The rain forrest is literally right next to the road. We all decided that my forarms from driving will have to be sore tomorrow. We haven't been on a curvery section of road. I can't even describe how curvy one road could be. It was a long day on the road, but worth every minute!
Bruce in front of the "big tree"

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