"Gumdiggers Park is an authentic Kauri Gum digging site over 100 years old. Maori, European & Dalmatian people formed this now forgotten gum digging culture and provided the basis for one of the biggest industrial booms in New Zealand's history."
Gum diggers Park
Dejligt "køkken:)"
Kauri Ancient Forest
Vi besøgte et sted hvor man havde en del af det sjældne og meget dyre træsort som hedder Kauri Ancient Forest. Træ som har været igennem tsunamis, vulkanudbrud, storme og meteor nedslag. Disse specielle træer har været gravet ned i en slags sump i flere millioner år og er ved opgravningen nærmest blevet forstenet.
"Kauri trees come from the Agathis Australis family and have cousins in the Australian Karri and the Fijian Kauri. The New Zealand trees are the giants of the family and are second only in size (in the world) to the Redwoods. They were once found in areas over ¾ of New Zealand but are now confined to forests in the upper regions of the North Island. The trees were milled extensively, as they are famous for their long straight lengths of timber. It has the highest volume of timber of any known tree in the world. Over a period of years, firstly for shipping, and then for housing, the tree was nearing extinction. It is now protected and cannot be milled for any reason. However, because of its beautiful sheen, which some say changes color in various lights, and the beautiful grain from the head and the stump of the tree, it is prized for the making of furniture and crafts.
The Northland Forest Park comprises 17 forests containing 85% of all the Kauri trees remaining in this country. The magnificent, tall, straight, knot-free kauri was one of the great inducements for settlement of these far-flung islands in the Pacific.
Kauri was used by Maori to fashion war canoes, and by the British Navy for masts and spars. It was pit-sawn for settler’s homes and provided valuable kauri gum. The trees are comparable in age and volume to the tallest trees in the world, the giant sequoias of California"
Bare så stooor
Kørte forbi Ninety Mile Beach , Te Paki Sand Dunes, hvor vi havde et lille hold, troede vi kunne køre på stranden men det måtte man ikke i en lejet bil, kun 4 hjuls trukkede biler havde tilladelse. Og man må sige at det var vores ikke - den var sikkert også for tung. Vi fortsætter op mod Cape Regina
Vi vidste ikke, at når man kørte til Cape Regina så skulle man køre på ca. 20 km grusvej. Forestil jer det i en camper hvor alt raslede og støjede. Hvorfor havde vi lige valgt dette sted og skulle vi vende om? Men nej, vi fortsatte for opgive ville vi ikke, og godt det samme.. For der var bare så smukt ved Cape Regina hvor de 2 have - the Tasman Sea mod west and the Pacific Ocean mod øst.
Cape Regina
Havene støder sammen
På toppen af toppen..
Mørket var ved at falde på men vi fandt en skøn og fredsfyldt campingplads uden service men med den smukkeste udsigt. Her gjorde camperen god gavn for der var kun et "open air" toilet og ingen badefaciliteter. Vi nød solnedgangen og udsigten til den smukke bugt. Fandt uventet en dejlig naturcampingplads, som NZ har en del af, hvor vi overnattede.
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