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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Skywatch Friday: One Tree Hill




http://skyley.blogspot.com/

The obelix monument is on top of One Tree Hill extinct volcano. The cloud looks like smoke come out of the monument,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill,_New_Zealand

The monument and the one tree were one of Auckland's most obvious landmark. However, the One tree Hill has become None tree Hill. Tourists often ask this question ,"Why is it called One Tree Hill, when there is no tree?"

Until 2000, a radiata pine tree stood next to the obelisk. This tree (one of two pines) had been planted to replace a sacred Māori Totara tree, the tree which had given Maungakiekie its English name. This totara had been cut down by a white settler in 1852 for firewood.


However, in the early 1960s during a jamboree, a group of overseas Boy Scouts cut down one of the two newer pines. The remaining tree was later attacked twice with chainsaws by Māori protesters (partly because it was not a native New Zealand species and thus considered an insult). The first attack happened on 28 October 1994, the anniversary of the 1835 Declaration of Independence.[2] A second attack on the 5th of October 2000[3] left the tree unable to recover and so it was removed due to the risk of it dying and falling down.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/One-Tree-Hill,-New-Zealand

11 comments:

Small City Scenes said...

Interesting shot. Love the brilliant green of the grass too. MB

eileeninmd said...

Very pretty landscape! A beautiful sky for skywatch. Have a great weekend, Ann!

thomas said...

Nice shot,wonder what's the monument for?

Judy said...

I love the rolling contours of the landscape! Our grass will soon be that green...

alicesg said...

Lovely shot of the hill. Have a nice weekend.

rainfield61 said...

I have a kampung calls Nyior Satu Batang nearby where I stay.

But do you know Bahasa Malaysia well?

J.Rylie.C said...

Beautiful shot!

I would be so happy if you could visit my Sky Watch at Kids e-Connection, thank you so much!

Unknown said...

it's good to know tat the volcano is extinct.:p

great shot.

Kim, USA said...

Good to know it's extinct. Hope to have that green grass too. ^_^
SWF

Lew said...

This looks like a good climb and I bet the views are awesome! Certainly your views from Mt Eden are special

Rochelle@AFamilyofLooneys said...

I really love your shot.