点评:Visited here as part of a tour of the island. Site is accessed via short and not unpleasant bushwalk from the carpark, with two or three wallabies spotted along the way. The site itself is fairly small, and looks like a barren wasteland of sand, assorted rock fragments and a scattering of generally small, fossilised pillars, which turn out to be calcified tree roots rather than tree trunks. While the Calcified Forest is very different from anything else we saw on the island, you could not describe it as an exciting or compelling tourist site. In fact our guide said it had degraded significantly in the 15 years he'd been visiting it, partly due to vandalism but mainly the power of wind erosion. The information boards at the site are very helpful and around the corner is a boardwalk to Seal Rocks, which I did find much more compelling. Here you see King Island's wild and treacherous coast up close, and can readily understand the island's history with shipwrecks.
翻译:作为岛屿之旅的一部分,我们来到这里。从停车场出发,沿着一条短而舒适的丛林步道即可到达该遗址,沿途可以看到两三只小袋鼠。遗址本身相当小,看起来像一片荒芜的沙地,到处都是各种岩石碎片和散落的通常很小的化石柱,这些柱子实际上是钙化的树根而不是树干。虽然钙化森林与我们在岛上看到的其他地方截然不同,但您无法将其描述为令人兴奋或引人注目的旅游景点。事实上,我们的导游说,在他参观这里的 15 年里,它已经严重退化,部分原因是故意破坏,但主要是风蚀的力量。遗址的信息板非常有用,拐角处有一条通往海豹岩的木板路,我确实觉得那里更引人注目。在这里,您可以近距离看到金岛狂野而危险的海岸,并可以轻松了解该岛的沉船历史。