05-Aug-2026 -- Being from the other side of the world, it fascinates me to see trees from the Antipodes growing here in Spain. Earlier today, in A Coruña, I saw several pohutukawa trees (native to New Zealand). And while driving to this nearby Degree Confluence Point, I saw several commercial forests of eucalyptus trees (native to Australia). In fact, the Degree Confluence Point itself lies on the edge of one of these eucalyptus forests. Like previous visitors, I was curious about why eucalyptus trees were being grown commercially here, in such a wildfire-prone region. I did a Google search, and found this blog post claiming that there has been local pushback against these eucalyptus forests.

Before visiting the point, I stopped at the 5000-year-old "Dolmen Forno Dos Mouros” at [43.01188,-7.97589], about 2.4km NE of the point. I then approached the point using the service roads for the nearby wind farm. I was able to get just 250m East of the point by parking next to a wind turbine at [42.99971,-7.99696].

From there it was an easy hike to the point, using the spaces between the rows of eucalyptus trees. The only problem was negotiating gorse and blackberry vines. When I got to the point, I found that it was on the edge of a clearing. A blackberry bush prevented me from getting closer than 1m (+/- GPS error of 2m) from the point.

I was able to launch my drone from the edge of this clearing, but unfortunately the drone’s video function was malfunctioning, so this time I was able only to get aerial photos - no video.