Mangapohue
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| A truly spectacular scene. This 28 meter high
limestone arch that spans the mangapohue stream is all that remains of an ancient cave
system. A loop track takes you through the bridge and past fossil oysters 30 million years
old. |
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| When is a stalactite not a stalactite ? Well in
the picture below there are no stalactites !! These "stalactites" are in fact
known as "entropic speleotherms" (oops I may have they words muddled). Because
this cave was open to daylight mosses and algae grew on the roof. The calcification of
these algae's form's "stalactites" incorporating the algae thus these are not
true stals. Impressive never the less. |
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Abseiling the natural
Bridge... |
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Abseiling off the natural Bridge |
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Last update 30 May, 2003 |