day 008 – km 23826

herekino – waipoua forest

107,27km 1425 alti meter

nice hilly mountain roads and a ferry crossing before i got a chance to meet the “lord of the forest”  (which is the translation of the maori tane mahuta) a huge kauri tree

Trunk girth 13.77 m (45.18 ft), Trunk height 17.68 m (58 ft), Total height 51.2 m (167.98 ft), Trunk volume 244.5 m³, Total volume including the crown 516.7 m³