A new boardwalk along the shore at the beginning of the trail
We passed the site of future marine terminal for the Ile des Pins
The shores of fossilized coral are deeply undercut.
A strangler fig at work
Steve found himself surrounded by Pandanus and Columnaris pines
A local crab was not quite large enough to eat.
A recent storm had uprooted these three Columnaris pines
Seedling Columnaris pines among the elders.
This bay is positioned between two capes of fossilized coral.
Columnaris pine seedlings gain a foot hold on a fossilized coral cape.
Fallen trees provide soil for the new seedlings.
A precarious place to set your roots.
Columnaris pines rooted in fossilized coral on the windward side of the island
Steve explores the beach that is covered with pumice stones from a far away volcano.
Columnaris pine seedlings surround an adult.
Growing on an undercut point of fossilized coral
Ian and Ellen represent the Australian forestry advertisement jingle, "From little things big things grow."
Steve points out sap leaking from a tree.
A grove of mature Columnaris trees tower above Ian and Ellen.
The old coral overhangs begin at the edge of this beach.
Too tall to fit in to one photo.
Live coral in the bays beneath the fossilized coral ledges
