One tree hill

This is a major landmark of Auckland City .. the Cenotaph stands high on the hill that is part of Cornwall Park.. One of the Cities founding Fathers Sir John Logan Campbell gifted the park to the city of Auckland and he is buried in a crypt by the cenotaph .. There use to be a lone pine tree standing near the top of the hill.. but it got chopped down and has been quite a bit of controversy as to what to replace it with..

[Maggiemae]

I'm always amazed that we haven't heard more about this renegade person that chopped the tree down! Its a volcano and has a great view over Auckland which I love to see when visiting!

[Joyce]

Wonderful place to have a memorial Julia

[Dianne]

Really nice pov - I love the trees.

[clalin]

It looks great.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Pat Knowles]

I agree with @maggiemae who had the nerve to chop the tree down! Beautiful position for the Auckland Cenotaph.

[Lindy]

Love the image & always interesting to get a bit of history

[gloria jones]

Neat composition, light

[Lesley Chisholm]

I love going up there too, such a great view from the top. Nice to see this photo, it brings a smile to my face.

[julia]

@kiwichick when we got to the top on Wednesday it was hosing down with rain so it was a view from the car. Pleased its stirred some happy memories

[Gayle Sears]

The tree on the right is wonderful.

[Nick]

Great composition - I really like the framing from the tree branches.