Curio Bay is of international significance for its Petrified Forest dating back to the Jurassic period. The tree fossils, similar to Kauri and Matai, are approximately 170 million years old. The forest was alive when New Zealand was part of Gondwanaland.
Fossilised tree embedded in the rock wall.
You may also see protected yellow-eyed penguins at Curio Bay in the late afternoon as they come ashore after a day at sea. Please be sure to read the Department of Conservation information on these protected birds.
Curio Bay is about 1 hour 15 minutes from Invercargill, so allow for that time with the low tide.
Fossilised tree in the rock.
The grain of the timber is visible in the fossilised tree trunk.
Fossilised tree stumps and logs.
Looking down on a fossilised tree stump. The grain of the time and the bark of the tree fascinate me.
Fossilised tree stump at Curio Bay, Southland, New Zealand.
Fossilied trees in Curio bay.
Petrified wood on the beach at Curio bay.
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