{"id":9309,"date":"2020-06-16T19:04:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydnature.nz\/?post_type=phort_post&#038;p=9309"},"modified":"2020-06-22T18:24:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T06:24:47","slug":"elephant-rocks-duntroon","status":"publish","type":"phort_post","link":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/portfolio\/elephant-rocks-duntroon\/","title":{"rendered":"ELEPHANT ROCKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>60 million years in the making \u2013 just for your enjoyment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">The large hummocky rock formations that look a lot like Elephants were created after fossil-rich limestone deposited millions of years ago eroded, leaving behind an incredible boulder-field which towers above your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Nearby the world-famous Elephant Rocks, Anatini is easily accessible and one of only a few natural limestone arches in New&nbsp;Zealand. There are&nbsp;baleen whale bones, under protective&nbsp;display&nbsp;as part of the Vanished World trail. Fossils of molluscs, sea&nbsp;urchins, other invertebrates are embedded and visible in the limestone. The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail also passes through this gorge. With views over picturesque countryside this was the scene for Aslan&#8217;s Camp in the film Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>60 million years in the making \u2013 just for your enjoyment The large hummocky rock formations that look a lot like Elephants were created after fossil-rich limestone deposited millions of years ago eroded, leaving behind an incredible boulder-field which towers above your head. Nearby the world-famous Elephant Rocks, Anatini is easily accessible and one of only a few natural limestone arches in New&nbsp;Zealand. There are&nbsp;baleen whale bones, under protective&nbsp;display&nbsp;as part of the Vanished World trail. Fossils of molluscs, sea&nbsp;urchins, other invertebrates are embedded and visible in the limestone. The Alps&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9269,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-9309","phort_post","type-phort_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","phort_post_category-duntroon","phort_post_category-elephant-rocks","phort_post_category-landscapes","phort_post_category-south-canterbury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phort_post\/9309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phort_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/phort_post"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydnature.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}