I can see how something like this might have influenced the design used in Avatar. Tane Mahuta is a long drive north of Auckland in the Waipoua Forest and is the largest Kauri tree in New Zealand. It certainly is awesome to behold - although you won't actually "hold" it as you're not allowed right up to the trunk to keep the roots of the tree safe.
While no way near the size of the giant redwoods (which I've yet to see) it is highly impressive and, oddly, moving. After checking the Wikipedia page, I'm also amused to see it has been "twinned" with a big old tree (J?mon Sugi) in Japan too - is Facebook next for this tree?
Another shot of these two giant floating cranes moored in the Huangpu River. The tall building in the background is the International Ocean Shipping Building (????????), parts of which are occupied by the Novotel Atlantis Hotel.
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Coolum main beach 19/3/2010, cyclone Ului is offshore from the North Qeensland Coast , our ocean is wild today with predictions of even bigger on the weekend.
