Norfolk Island pines (Araucaria heterophylla) on Whale Beach.
Cook Island pines (Araucaria columnaris) at the southern end of Whale Beach.
As you can see, the Cook Island pines are younger (fitting the thesis that they may have been planted some 30 years ago) and are all in bloom, and all on the slant, while the beautifully erect Norfolk Island pines show why it was once thought they might be useful for masts. (See Geoffrey Blainey, The Tyranny of Distance.)
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