And we did see that amazing petrified forest. It was quite marvellous wandering over the rocks with the sea crashing in and over what was once a forest of tall and small trees alike. I could have spent many hours just picking my way over the rocks. Wandering back from that rocky platform, we entered a living forest of New Zealand native plants.
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| Ancient petrified giants littered the rocks |
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| I wandered across the rocks, stepping over the remains of a once mighty forest. |
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| I'm not sure what this might have once been - a flower, fern, twig? but I saw a number of strange shapes embedded and forming part of the rocky shore. |
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| Anisotome latifolia (L); Hebe elliptica (R). It can be white through to mauve and is also found in the Falkland Islands and South America. Gondwana links abound. |
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These red pines formed part of a patch of living forest near the petrified forest. Interesting contrast.
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Then it was back to the bus and on to meet our ship at the Port of Bluff - next stop somewhere in the Southern Ocean.
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| Heading out to sea, it was blowing a gale and the Pilot boat was almost swamped a number of times. |
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