Dude, i've lived on The Shore all my life, i've played on those rocks as a kid, back in the 80's. And i never knew that. after 44 years; i learnt something new about my old stomping grounds. Cheers
@OutThereLearning4 ай бұрын
Great!
@olivermcleod36592 жыл бұрын
Thanks for 'preserving' this special site on film. I was lucky enough to be given a grand tour of the fossil forest by Bruce just a couple of years ago. It is an incredibly well preserved site and it makes total sense that the overlying ash beds were only recently scraped away by the sea. It's evocative to think that the fossil forest was already exposed by the time Rangitoto Volcano erupted - maybe the tree molds even caught some of the ash!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your appreciation and thoughts Oliver
@godfreyramsay88574 ай бұрын
I knew about the fossil forest before the car park was built over it. It was one of several ‘secret’ places I enjoyed showing out of towners and I was mortified when the car park brutalised much of the forest.
@bspear197112 күн бұрын
That is amazing. I live just up the road and can’t wait to go back there now. Thank you
@OutThereLearning12 күн бұрын
@@bspear1971 that's great!
@sebastianperry948112 күн бұрын
omg im in the same boat right now
@OutThereLearning12 күн бұрын
@@sebastianperry9481 🙂
@williamchamberlain22632 жыл бұрын
That's some crazy geology. Great video
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@laurenunreal42 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite channels, and this video further blows my mind! Thank goodness they didn’t car park over the whole thing. Watching your videos really makes me regret not studying geology at high school many years ago. Next time I’m up that way I’m definitely going to visit here. Thanks for the amazing information.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your enthusiasm and kind comment!
@justjane805 Жыл бұрын
I am so pleased I have found your videos. It's way past midnight but I can't stop watching them. Thank you.
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
Glad you find them so intresting. Thank you
@tomobedlam29718 күн бұрын
Our science lecturer at North Shore Teachers College gave us a guided tour of this very lava field back in 1980. I've been back many times with friends, family and students since. It really is a fascinating site. Thanks so much for uploading this. 👍
@elizabethfairlie82965 ай бұрын
I lived in Takapuna years ago. Walked the beach often. Remember it well. Great commentary Bruce.
@OutThereLearning5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment!
@neilscorgie40584 ай бұрын
I never knew. Thanks for taking the time to make these video clips.
@devinecatlady2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating! I've walked this exact section of takapuna coastline and didn't once notice anything other than chunks of rock. I wish I lived down there still because I'd be revisiting it in a flash to see what I missed. Absolutely fascinating!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment - glad you found it interesting
@LWJCarroll6 ай бұрын
Same here after all the years living in Auckland and now find this out. Thanks. Laurie 😮😊
@Luubelaar2 жыл бұрын
That is SO cool!!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@TheoBrandt2 ай бұрын
That was absolutely amazing thanks! Look forward to having a look myself...
@wilsonmarinmontoya43182 жыл бұрын
Muy interesante. Gracias.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@dempsterthompson47652 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. I lived on the North Shore for years. Launched boats from the ramp. Can’t believe I never knew this. Thanks so much
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Now you know! Thanks for your appreciation
@waterbourne92828 күн бұрын
So interesting. Thanks.
@Yvonne-e3h8 ай бұрын
As a 4,5,6 year old I spent days playing on tbese rocks. Unaware of their history. Developed my imagination and curiosity. Thank you Takapuna reef. Re the ramp = unbelievable ignorance
@robotslug2 жыл бұрын
Wicked cool
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
🙂
@poobertop2 жыл бұрын
Just fascinating, thank you for sharing.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@fredMplanenut2 жыл бұрын
Excellent informative video, great enthusiasm on a very interesting subject, thank you.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@larrylelemur68548 ай бұрын
A little further on the way to Milford beach around the rocks, the path passes by a much bigger tree mold at a slightly higher elevation. Haven't been there for about 57 years but I imagine it is still there. I always assumed it was a tree mold but never realised the existence of the ones in the video. The large expanse of lava flow rocks between Black Rock and Milford beach are a marvelous playground for kids and we spent many many hours exploring them.
@OutThereLearning8 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment!
@susanmarsh28562 жыл бұрын
Bruce you make these little visits so interesting with your detailed knowledge and un doubted life time enthusiasm. I have already booked a post COVID trip to NZ to see the impact of the Kaikoura and Christchurch disasters. Now I have a readily accessible site to see in Auckland too. Love your YT adventures. Thank you.
@leighearnshaw835319 күн бұрын
Fascinating , thanks so much for posting....
@riverAmazonNZ2 жыл бұрын
Intruiging! Lovely view of Rangitoto too
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@zephheine96812 жыл бұрын
wow didnt know this how awesome..thank you
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your appreciation
@carolineandrews7231 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fantastic work in sharing this. I have been to those rock and walked over and around them, not knowing what they represented. I watched this last night and at low tide this morning went down for another look around them. I found it so exciting that I knew about the ancient forest trees and could see the lava rocks you showed us. Ngā mihi -Thank you
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
That's very gratifying to read! Thanks very much for your comment.
@davidwalters11882 жыл бұрын
Thanks for information have been to Takapuna many times to that location and had no idea that thats what is was :)
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment
@notamoose2314 ай бұрын
Never even heard of this place. Amazing.
@wimokaharawira8443Ай бұрын
Amazing, thank you
@deborahferguson11632 жыл бұрын
Very awesome! Thank you!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@janetthomson-r7k10 ай бұрын
Thanks
@ohmpoingpoing5 ай бұрын
Amaizing
@nalabadala224 ай бұрын
Definitely going to make time to explore this area. Thank you for such an in depth, informative & enjoyable tutorial
@OutThereLearning4 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@getzvalerevich65652 жыл бұрын
Very fascinating. Thank you
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@jenksand2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a video like this made about the cliff tops along the East Coast Bays - I'm always pondering the layers in the earth when I walk along it - would be also great to make the cave at Rothesay Bay a feature.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion!
@Toninz Жыл бұрын
Thank you-amazing to learn
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your appreciation!
@weiweirice2597Ай бұрын
Whakawhetai, Matua Bruce ❤❤ love your work
@jenksand2 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing this local piece of our history. I walk this area all the time and knew a little about it already - great to see so many fascinating examples.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@DanielDaniel-zg3li Жыл бұрын
Excellent thanks Bruce. Have walked over this area oodles of times and never realized what it was all about. Just thought that it was a reef and that was it. Next time i'm in NZ and in Takapuna I will be looking at the reef in a new light. Daniel Daniel
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
Cheers Daniel!
@deborahriley1166 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating!! Thanks 🙏💟🙏
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@craigreynolds25394 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you!
@OutThereLearning4 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@NotTheFace5064 ай бұрын
Thank you that was really cool to learn!
@OutThereLearning4 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@barneymaurirere95924 ай бұрын
ROCK N LAVA !!! BEFORE ROCK N ROLL . LOVE THIS STUFF .
@alaskajdw Жыл бұрын
Great video thanks 😊
@OutThereLearning Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it
@zinny542 жыл бұрын
Bravo Bruce!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@outthere93702 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Well presented. I will pay this site a visit one day.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
You should!
@lownslowz2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, so interesting!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@mbvoelker84482 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@janinekaretai43062 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Like the Catlins
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
A bit different, but both resulting from volcanic activity of some sort
@valoriel44642 жыл бұрын
Nice! Thanks
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@barron2042 жыл бұрын
Awesome video and I will check out this site soon.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Great!
@priyanrajapaksa87723 ай бұрын
WONDERFUL
@chrissscottt2 жыл бұрын
Very cool, thanks. Might pop up next week for a gander.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
That's the spirit!
@hippopotamus67652 жыл бұрын
Bruce, I grew up in st Heliers. as a child I played around the Cliffs and foreshore. I recall seeing rectangular patterns of what appeared to be thin lava walls filled with fine clay eroded flush with the ground.From memory they were probably 1.5 X 1.5 metres. I was never able to discover what caused these shapes. this has always intrigued me, your thoughts on what could be responsible would be most appreciated.
@BruceHayward12 жыл бұрын
These are sedimentary rocks that are cut by two sets of vertical joints that create cubic/rectangular blocks. Oxygen laden water passing along tghe joint planes oxidises iron minerals in the sedimentary rocks creating rust-coloured secondary minerals such as limonite which probably looked like the lava flow skins you talk about. It is the first stage of core-stone weathering, which is common all around Auckland.
@poobum98572 жыл бұрын
excellent
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@jessebarlow12772 жыл бұрын
Fantastic presentation - Attenborough pales in comparison!
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback!
@glenwarrengeology2 жыл бұрын
That was very fascinating. I wonder how many fossil forests exist. In Australia there is 1 at Portland and 1 in the USA. Sounds like something to research.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
There are lots of fossil forests around the world, but not so many that were swallowed by lava
@glennsmith11394 ай бұрын
Very very interesting
@OutThereLearning4 ай бұрын
Indeed so!
@mrivantchernegovski38692 жыл бұрын
I go out there a lot with my girlfriend,I knew it was a lava flow but didnt know it was a forest ,and the water comimg through the rocks from the lake is cool,be good to do one on Mt Albert and Meola reef lava flow
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and your suggestion
@le135792 жыл бұрын
Just wondering what the scale was on the last kauri trunk shape shown in the video? Thanks for the great videos!
@margaretdagger67844 ай бұрын
Thank you so much.
@fallinginthed33p2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, instead of pumice casts of bodies and animals like in Pompeii and Herculaneum, these are lava casts of trees. I'm surprised lava can preserve fine details.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Interesting comparison
@harlzaotearoa77692 жыл бұрын
Awsome videos but they are to short. Thankyou anyways
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@patchnl2699Ай бұрын
Any other minerals found in this area? Jasper, obsidian etc?
@quays992 жыл бұрын
I read that there are relatives of kauris in new zealand, North Queensland and Indonesia. Is there a geological reason for this? Would also like to know your thoughts on the expanding planet earth theory.
@cjyoung73724 ай бұрын
You didn't show where the water from pupuke come out
@OutThereLearning4 ай бұрын
True
@barneymaurirere95924 ай бұрын
ROCK KUNGFU MASTER .
@curvebuster4 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😮🎉
@kayneich35602 жыл бұрын
Huge apologies. I have just pressed 'dislike' accidentally. The clip is great. Sorry.
@OutThereLearning2 жыл бұрын
You can undo by pressing again I think. Not a problem though!