Registration includes: Black and white photo, 2 aerial photographs of location and an article by Vigo Skou Nielsen the owner called ‘Tribute to a Queen’.

Extract : ‘Joseph Cookson came by way of the goldfields in Australia, to settle at Roseburn, our lifestyle property. He brought with him several seeds of Eucalyptus regnans, which he planted in 1866. Only 2 of the seeds grew, and this is their story. Recently the largest tree was measured, by experts, from the Taieri Historical Society, to ascertain, whether it might be, the largest of its kind in New Zealand. The height is 57 m., with a crown width of 50m. The circumference of the trunk is 11m. at chest height. It would take 9 average people holding hands, to reach around its girth. The tree stands across the valley, from our cottage, where the mighty giant completely dominates the view. On days, when the wind blows, the long streamers of loose bark hanging down the trunk, flutter, and the leaves shimmer like a thousand sequins, on the dress of this undisputed Queen of our valley. A crystal clear mountain stream, with its source deep in the heart of Maungatua flows gently past the feet of her Royal Highness, sustaining her with all the essential minerals leached from the ancient rocks of the mountain.
Of all living things on this earth, trees are the most impressive, because of their sheer size and beauty. For too long they have been felled and burnt needlessly to pander to human greed. They are very much part of our ecosystem, and we ignore that at our peril’. Vigo Skou Nielsen 2002.