a journey into the jungle and to very special trees,on the 309 road

309 Road a 22 km long gravel road between Coromandel and Whitianga. It winds from Coromandel, on the west side of the Coromandel Peninsula, over the mountains to Whitianga, on the east side. the legend says the road got its name:
because it used to take 309 curves on the road, or because horse-drawn carriages used to take 309 minutes to drive on them