Since each tree has such a huge volume of wood, they were in great demand for shipbuilding during the whaling days. Now kauri pine is used for high-quality furniture and fancy decking. Here, want to buy a slab of kauri?
Friday, July 09, 2010
New Zealand's Sequoia
In the Northland grow the Kauri forests, largely unchanged since the Jurassic. Great big conifers with succulent leaves. Heights of 50 meters, trunks nearly 10 meters in diameter. 2,000 years old. Pine cones that look like they would huuuuurt...
Since each tree has such a huge volume of wood, they were in great demand for shipbuilding during the whaling days. Now kauri pine is used for high-quality furniture and fancy decking. Here, want to buy a slab of kauri?
Since each tree has such a huge volume of wood, they were in great demand for shipbuilding during the whaling days. Now kauri pine is used for high-quality furniture and fancy decking. Here, want to buy a slab of kauri?
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I wonder...was the movie Jurassic Park filmed in NZ? It looks like a country with an ecosystem for every possible genre of movie. Was Avatar also filmed in NZ?
I read somewhere that Jurassic Park was filmed in Costa Rica and Hawaii but I think Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed here. It seems NZ is a perfect locale for fantasy films. I can't wait to visit!
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