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Today is Waitangi Day and a day off work, so we headed down to see Anna & Tim in Taupo for the night. We met up about 40 mins out of Taupo at Lake Maraetai. A popular lake for waterskiing and wakeboarding.
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We managed to find a quite spot by the edge of the lake for a picnic lunch.
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From here we headed to the Pouakani Forest and a short walk through the bush to find the famous totara tree.
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A pretty big tree, with a trunk girth of 11.5 metres and just under 40 metres tall.
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