21 October 2017 - Patreon Bonus: Road Trip to see The Dollop live in Auckland
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Taihape – pronounced: Tie-Happy.
A small rural town in the lower North Island, famous for the Gumboot. Each year they have a Gumboot throwing competition!
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Mount Ruapehu on the left. NZ’s largest active volcano.
Ruapehu is pronounced: roo-a-pay-who (and roll the ‘r’)
Mount Ngauruhoe on the right is also an active volcano.
Ngauruhoe is pronounced: nuh roo ho-ee
Photo taken from the Desert Road.
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Lake Taupo – Central North Island
Taupo is pronounced: toe-paw
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Kauri were mentioned in the Dollop Show.
It’s pronounced: ko-ree (and roll the ‘r’)
This tree is “The King of the Forest” – a famous Kauri tree in the Waitakere Forest.
They are weird looking. This one is very old. And they are at risk from “Kauri die back” like a disease in dirt that’s infecting the roots.
So you aren’t really supposed to go up to them they have boardwalks to protect the forest floor and you have to clean your shoes before entering and exiting the trails.
The girth of the tree is 9.7 meters. It’s 52.4 meters high and it’s approximately 1017 years old (+/- 200 years)
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Heather & a cool tree in the Waitakere Forest.
Waitakere is pronounced: Why-tak-a-re (and roll the ‘r’)
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