The first time I ever slept-out (sleeping bag, no tent), I was about four years old, and the place was an idyllic …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Kai Point Coal Mine – Late Cretaceous vegetation treasure-trove
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe lowlands south of Dunedin (New Zealand), used to be almost impassable wetlands. The local Maoris were incredulous when the first Western …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Eucalyptus fossils in New Zealand – the thin end of the wedge
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleEucalyptus (aka ‘gum-tree’) is the quintessential Australian tree. There are about 700 species of them today (depending on who you ask), all of …
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There was a time when I threatened myself to start teaching the ecology of Middle-earth. I helped take a couple of trips …
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New Zealand Geology
The Marshall Paraconformity – a 30 year geological debate in New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleCut back to the late 1970s – I was a schoolboy and had found my way into the Burnside Marl Pit, Dunedin …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
Cladophlebis – New Zealand’s Mesozoic Weed
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe fern Cladophlebis is probably the single-most common plant fossil in the New Zealand Jurassic. It’s present in virtually every plant fossil …
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