Thread: Forest Giants

Originally Posted by Ranger 888

Found one in Waipoua, the Yakas tree, that from memory is bigger in diameter than Tane Mahuta.

no sorry Tane Mahuta is bigger

Huge trees are awesome alright, Tane Mahuta I haven't seen but it's on the list. Was lucky enough to have massive Puriri and Rimu on our lifestyle block in the past. Love the NZ natives but was blown away visiting Sequoia National Park in the US of A. Look up the General Sherman tree!

Apart from the fact that these trees have gone now, it is mind boggling that many of them were cut by hand and hauled out by bullock trains. I can't imagine many of the youths of today doing that sort of graft.

holy moly as an old stockman I cant get over how bloody skinny those bullocks are - maybe they are a racing breed (joking)

Different times, different needs, different standards. A lot of things in times past are viewed as "wrong" when today's world view is applied to them.

as a wee fella i got dragged into forest to see a square trunked kauri, cant remember where but it was a tourist thing. should still be there.

but honestly till you have seen a giant redwood you cannot believe a plant can be so big. its like a building covered in bark

Originally Posted by gonetropo

as a wee fella i got dragged into forest to see a square trunked kauri, cant remember where but it was a tourist thing. should still be there.

but honestly till you have seen a giant redwood you cannot believe a plant can be so big. its like a building covered in bark

And it grows from one tiny seed.

We've got various blocks of bush on the farm, some doc some queen Elizabeth trust in one of them is the only totara tree in hawkes bay to survive the land burns, it's pretty impressive, not huge buy other trees standards but huge in the totara world.

Originally Posted by BRADS

We've got various blocks of bush on the farm, some doc some queen Elizabeth trust in one of them is the only totara tree in hawkes bay to survive the land burns, it's pretty impressive, not huge buy other trees standards but huge in the totara world.

This block is the same. You wonder how on earth some survived. Considering how much Totara was used for fencing!.I wonder of someone stood at the base of them with axe in hand and just thought, "Nah F that!"

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I tell my good Mrs NO...when she complains about the totara in our front lawn.its about 18" through and can be safe as long as I'm alive.

Moas would of been walking under some of those trees , makes ya feel a little insignificant

Thier birthdate will end with BC.....that's a scarey thought.

The Northern Ruahines has some of the oldest trees in NZ. The Kaikawaka and Halls totara up there, some are aged at 1200 years old. Stumpy little buggers in comparison but impressive nonetheless. But yeah, I see that those old Kauris are somewhere between 1200 and 3000 years old

I remember the article on Tane Mahuta getting struck by lightening, apparently it will take 100 years off the tree's lifespan. It's only 3000 years old or somesuch!!! A graze basically.