New Zealand North Island - NZNI21 balingup Stages of growth and size

Stages of growth and size of trees varies in the Boranup Forest

brooding clouds with rain falling in the distance

Rock formations in the bay being exposed by the receding tide

To the North of Canal Rocks is Smiths Beach with its long stretch of clean white sand

Sunlight breaking through dense redwood canopy in Whakarewarewa Forest

New Zealand North Island - NZNI21 balingup Stages of growth and sizeYoung fern tree, beginning its life, against a backdrop of giant established redwoods. Redwood Forest in Rotorua known locally as Whakarewarewa Forest a place where towering Californian redwoods rise more than 70 metres above the forest floor, creating cathedral like corridors of soft shadow and warm, filtered light. It's sheer height, symmetry, and variety of textures, offers an endless array of compositional possibilities, from minimalist trunk