Takaka Hill (21 March)

[Bren_chch]

Oneday i'll do the Takaka Hill!

[Buddha#81:Me]

Nice pic's makes me homesick I use to live 100 meters from the old Rat Trap up the Cobb Rd a wee bit. Been over that hill 1000's of times only recently on a bike.

[Kickaha]

I use to live 100 meters from the old Rat Trap

the pub with the crappiest service and grumpiest bar staff in NZ that I've been to so far

[NordieBoy]

the pub with the crappiest service and grumpiest bar staff in NZ that I've been to so far

How old are you?
It burned down what, 50 years ago.

[MyGSXF:Me]

the pub with the crappiest service and grumpiest bar staff in NZ that I've been to so far

sounds like they rubbed off on you..

Nice pic's makes me homesick I use to live 100 meters from the old Rat Trap up the Cobb Rd a wee bit.

Cheers.. caught my first Trout in the Cobb Dam tis gorgeous up in there

[doc]

Pretty good chicken strips Girl, you got some scottish blood in ya somewhere.

[Kickaha]

How old are you?
It burned down what, 50 years ago.

no where near 50 years ago, mid nineties maybe?

[NordieBoy]

no where near 50 years ago, mid nineties maybe?

Mid to late 90's.
But you're still old.



I used to live in Pohara.
I still see the "Rat Trap" letters on the roof of the pub as I go around Eureka Bend and start heading down even though the pub isn't there anymore.

[UrbanMyth]

Maaan! i would have loved to have gone.Awesome ride, bet it was fun.

Nice pictures.

[terbang]

Four Auckland lads did the Takaka hill in Feb, when on the Sth Island safari.. Whizzed over and had a swim at some beach and whizzed back to recover over a pint in Motueka. Awesome ride for anyone down that way. Stopped on the way over to take in some views at a viewing point on the western side on a tight bend and the funniest thing happened. We watched a couple of bikes spiral their way up the hill and when they got to us one friendly rider, mid-bend on a triumph cruisery type bike, gave us a big friendly over the head wave at the instant his front end gave up and dived. Poor guy nearly crapped himself as he came so close to an off. A good recovery I might add. You Nelson types sure have a nice backyard.

[Buddha#81:Me]

The owners wife burnt the place down after a scrap.....bitch. I have two things to remember it by. A jar of ashes and the CD sign (2 mtrs x 2 mtrs) off the fence.

A sad day I went up the weekend after it burned down with a mate who grew up in Takaka and drank a beer in the ashes and had a wizz in the urinal which was still there. It was a big part of the community. It was all that Upper Takaka had.

[Buddha#81:Me]

Mid to late 90's.
But you're still old.



I used to live in Pohara.
I still see the "Rat Trap" letters on the roof of the pub as I go around Eureka Bend and start heading down even though the pub isn't there anymore.

You need to lay off the drugs.

[Warr]

The owners wife burnt the place down after a scrap.....bitch. I have two things to remember it by. A jar of ashes and the CD sign (2 mtrs x 2 mtrs) off the fence.

A sad day I went up the weekend after it burned down with a mate who grew up in Takaka and drank a beer in the ashes and had a wizz in the urinal which was still there. It was a big part of the community. It was all that Upper Takaka had.

Was over that way in Jan. Where was the Pub ??
Does anyone have any pic's they could put up ?

[Blairos]

Was over that way in Jan. Where was the Pub ??
Does anyone have any pic's they could put up ?

Let me see if I can dig some up from my old school days down that way... This could take a while, but if I find one, will post it asap

[Buddha#81:Me]

Was over that way in Jan. Where was the Pub ??
Does anyone have any pic's they could put up ?

As you come of the Takaka hill the first house you come to on the left is on the Ratty site, It was moved from the hydro village to there a year after it was torched. The booze licience was transfered down the road to the community hall and renamed "the club" a good quiet place for a drink in the evening.

It was a two story place with veranders running around both stories and a huge "RAT TRAP" in white painted on its green roof you could read as you drove down the hill.

I remember many times being sent to the pub in my jammies to get the old man and ending up at the end of the bar with a bag of chips and a lemonade while the phone rang on unanswered..........many cold tea's because of that place.