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| 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 through the rocks.
I so love being alone by the sea! I wandered across the rocks stepping over the remains of a once mighty forest. I could have tarried longer but the bus awaited.
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| I'm not sure what this might have once been - a flower, fern, twig? |
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This is an Anisotome latifolia. I was to see more.
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| This pretty little thing is a Hebe elliptica, It can be white through to mauve and is also found in the Falkland Islands and South America. Links? |
Wandering back from that rocky platform we entered a living forest of New Zealand native plants. These red pines formed part of a patch of living forest near the petried forest. Nice contrast.
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| That afternoon we boarded our wee vessel bound for the South Pole! |
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| Heading out to sea it was blowing a gale and the seas was fairly rough; the Pilot boat was almost swamped. |
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