Rotorua.... isn't that the place that with those pongy sulphur springs? The bay of Islands will do me fine 😆
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Yup, that's the place, Andy.
They said it was magnificent...Yellowstone-like...prehistoric looking.
New pics arrived today:
Araucaria:
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Kiwi fruit ... that's a lot of Kiwis...(burp) 😆
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Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Friends are now in Sydney Australia, prior to heading home.
The magnificent Bismarckia nobilis:
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And the big version of my Wollemia nobilis:
The "dinosaurs" were discovered in 1994 approx. 100 miles N of Sydney in the Blue Mountains region.
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Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.