Also near Rotorua is the Hamurana Redwood Grove, where, in 1919, some very patient locals planted a hundred or more California redwood trees, to test their commercial viability. Redwoods are very fast-growing, but apparently not commercially viable, and, lucky for us, the stand was forgotten or ignored until acquired by DOC. Even at the very tender age of 95--infants, as redwoods go--these trees are impressive. Also on the site is a beautiful clear spring that feeds into Lake Rotorua, only a few hundred meters away.
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| The beautiful little creek along which all this resides |
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As clear as any we have seen in this land of
clear waters |
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| In the grove |
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Most of them well over 100 feet tall; not
surprisingly, they like the temperate, moist
climate here |
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| Vicki by one of the big ones |
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| The creek again |
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| The spring |
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| Thus |
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| A subsidiary spring, "Dancing Sands" |
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| And more big trees...beautiful place |
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Looks like our neck of the woods!
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