Friday, November 20, 2020

Slope Point, New Zealand

Another interesting place found while on my random research. (Something I've been doing to try to get my mind off tRump and all his insanity.)

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Slope Point is a very apt name for this southernmost tip of New Zealand where the trees grow sideways and slope to the ground. It's all due to the heavy winds that occur all day every day.

Slope Point is sparsely inhabited, apart from the sheep that dot the landscape. Sheep farmers planted the trees to give their flock shelter from the immense strength of the wild winds.

My niece Wendy spent time in New Zealand and she told me that the same winds attack a waterfall near the Milford Sound on the South Island. Here you see how the waterfall is being blown backward up the cliff due to the high coastal winds.





14 Comments:

Blogger Anvilcloud said...

That’s pretty interesting. Thanks for the brief escape.

1:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All I have to say about this is: "WOW"
I never knew something like that existed.
The fact that sheep can tolerate it is quite something else also.
Thank you.

1:34 PM  
Blogger Arkansas Patti said...

New Zealand has always been the highest on my bucket list. Those winds really have to be powerful. Give the people and the sheep props on finding a way to live in those conditions.

6:35 AM  
Blogger Goldendaze-Ginnie said...

From my friend Jan ...

What cool trees! There are Divi Divi trees in Aruba that grow like that from the constant winds in the Caribbean. I always thought they were beautiful!

Those trees in NZ sure make a good cover for the sheep! Thanks for sharing!

8:05 AM  
Blogger David M. Gascoigne, said...

I have seen trees that are shaped by the wind in that fashion, but for the life of me I can't think where. I am sure the sheep appreciate the protection they offer from the gales that blow onshore.

8:56 AM  
Blogger Marie Smith said...

What a great name for the Point. I loved NZ on our brief trip there. One of the most beautiful places in the world I think.

6:27 AM  
Blogger Joared said...

So many fascinating places in the world I’d love to visit. Maybe in my next life.

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Blogger kenju said...

Like Joared, I'd like to see that in my next life. I was quite taken with some trees in Italy and some banyan trees in Hawaii. I've seen photos of trees in Africa - maybe Socotra - that are really weird.

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Interesting. I've never heard of this before and spent some time looking it up. Thanks

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