For countries blessed with abundant old forests, old giant trees are now pride of those nations. Some are declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. An example is the Redwood National Park in USA.
A couples of months ago in August last year, we visited the giant cedars in Revelstoke National Park, Canada (Read here). Walpole is famous for the many giant tingle trees. We decided not to miss visiting the Valley of the Giants on the way from Augusta to Albany.
We were at the Valley just before two in the afternoon of 12 April. In this huge park, it took us some time to locate the widely publicized Giant Tingle Tree. We found it finally after asking a visiting couple. That particular tree is indeed huge!
Tingle trees typically grow to a height of 75m and a trunk diameter of 20m, i.e. 25 storey tall. Almost all old trees have hollow bases. That's because of the frequent forest fire during the dry seasons. Ultimately, these trees get used to this hazard and "learn" to survive by having a hollow base - a very wide circumference/base to maintain stability.
Tingle trees typically grow to a height of 75m and a trunk diameter of 20m, i.e. 25 storey tall. Almost all old trees have hollow bases. That's because of the frequent forest fire during the dry seasons. Ultimately, these trees get used to this hazard and "learn" to survive by having a hollow base - a very wide circumference/base to maintain stability.
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| Giant Tingle Tree. |
We were here more than fifteen years ago and stood under one of these giant tingle trees, Did those particular trees survive? I wasn't sure.
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| August 2002. |
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| August 2002. |
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