magolodon56 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 While on holiday in New Zealand we went to see the fossilised forest just outside Otago which was amazing. Also visited the Moeraki Boulders which are huge. Well worth the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Very cool Magolodon56! Thanks for posting these pics! Maybe someday I'll get there. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I too have been to the Jurassic forest at Curio Bay; looks like you hit it at a very low tide. Luck was with me as well; I saw a Yellow-eyed Penguin (the rarest penguin on earth). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Very nice forest... Whats the story with the boulders, they look pretty spectacular.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 The boulders are huge concretions. (No fossils in them). I also got to see them down there... did not see the petrified forest, but I did see the Yellow-eyed penguins... very cool. Did you know that New Zealand has more penguin species than any other place on earth? But wait, this is a fossil site, not a birdwatching site. NZ also has (maybe) the largest variety of fossil penguins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moahunt1 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 are you still here come through Kaikoura ill take you on a fossil hunting trip!!!!!!!!! Hunted for fossils in:UK - Lyme Regis, Charmouth, The Thames and Hampshire (two trips) Egypt - Desert somewhere near Giza - Nummalites and petrified wood Australia - Lightening Ridge opal fields - opalised things!!!!USA - Florida- Gainesville creeks and Diving in the Santa Fe river Meg teeth and 10 000 year old mammalsNew Zealand- Around 30 sites visited and collected from. Including Chatham Islands. and now Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonafarr Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 We are off to NZ tomorrow. Any suggestions on where we should visit to do a bit of fossil hunting? We will be on the South Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 We are off to NZ tomorrow. Any suggestions on where we should visit to do a bit of fossil hunting? We will be on the South Island I do envy you! If you find yourself near Slope Point, give a look at the petrified forest in the surf (no collecting there though, I think). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 The boulders are huge concretions. (No fossils in them). I also got to see them down there... did not see the petrified forest, but I did see the Yellow-eyed penguins... very cool. Did you know that New Zealand has more penguin species than any other place on earth? But wait, this is a fossil site, not a birdwatching site. NZ also has (maybe) the largest variety of fossil penguins. Penguin fossils?!?! That's way cool! Do you have any pics? I am very interested to see what kind of vertebral column they had. Bird fossils can be so unusual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Definitely come in to the Geology Museum at the University of Otago in Dunedin, we've got a bunch of great displays. So does the Otago Museum across the street from the uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Penguin fossils?!?! That's way cool! Do you have any pics? I am very interested to see what kind of vertebral column they had. Bird fossils can be so unusual! I don't have any pix handy, but yes, definelty go to the museum at the U of OPtago and the Christchurch museum. Great Antarctic exhibits there, as wekll as fossil crabs. There are Miocene shells to be found along the Waiau River near Clifden. I was there whent he river was low, but I hard it can be dangerous when the river is high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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