I could just stand in awe in front of this giant. I think I stayed here, listening to the magic of birds singing and all other sounds of the forest, for a very long time. Nonmeasurable.
More about Kauris in an older post here. For more things Big – click here.
Leya 
you have photographed this amazing giant so very well …. perfect exposure … which is hard in that forest!
I love this post being a Kiwi…but sadly worry that this tree will succumb to Dieback Disease as it creeps closer and closer
I hope you will be proven wrong…but we were informed about how endangered they are. The security was rather tough with desinfectants and not being able to come close to the trees. For the future I pray this will not happen!
It is a big problem
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/killer-disease-creeps-closer-to-tane-mahuta/1018266/
Thank you for the link! We had to go through desinfecting our shoes and the boards were there to walk on, but I didn’t know about the pigs. That is a threat difficult to deal with too. And of course this is all coming from countries outside NZ. We have to trust the authorities to do everything they can to stop this.
2,000 year old, Wow! Majestic!
It is. And the other majestic Kauri is even more beautiful and enigmatic – the Father of the forest.
oh yes, that is one grand LORD OF THE FOREST! Thank you!
He is, yes. And the most awesome Kauri tree is the Father of the forest. I had him in another post a while ago. Linked to this one.
Majestic for sure, not only big.
I love this, and the mythology is wonderful, reminding us of our connection with and dependence on the natural world. There is something amazing about being in the presence of an ancient tree….as though the air and earth around them are still and filled with wisdom 🙂
You always find the right words, Seonaid, and I love them. I also feel that there is this wisdom and stillness in their presence. It’s almost tangible. I realised I had no wish to speak at all…not a single word came over my lips and I just could not leave him. My children felt the same. Tears filled our eyes thinking of all those years he had been standing there, watching the folly of mankind, resting in all his wisdom. If we only could listen to his thoughts and memories! Maybe that is what we feel being close to him.
This must have been such an incredible experience. Sadly, I have not seen this wonderful Tree.
It’s never too late.
You brought tears to my eyes with these words. I can feel myself filing up with the same emotions 🙂
🙂
A-C, great entry … I love you post about those trees … that you posted a while back. You should have posted the link to that post of yours with this … amazing post.
Viveka, thank you so much for your support! Just reading on yours for this and last week and commented…Big hug!
A-C, you don’t have to catch up with mine … even if I haven’t posted that many … bad new about the crash *smile – read somewhere that IT-problems means a clean home. *smile
Well…that’s not appliable to this home at least…
They are quite incredible aren’t they!! I saw a smaller one in Coromandel, still awesomely majestic. It is so sad that they are almost all gone, thank god they stopped the logging. Hopefully in another couple of 100 years they will all be back again!
That’s what I’m hoping for too. The security thinking before entering the area was very reassuring, and I think people in general were happy to follow all instructions given. Trees have a special place in my heart.
Coromandel! That peninsula is so magnificent. That’s where my daughter did some months of voluntary work last year. Wonderful memories…
It was one of my favourite places in New Zealand, so so beautiful! Can’t wait to go back 🙂
Me neither…