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cookiebare
24th December 2010, 15:04
If you are headin south at any time and want a wee adventure to bypass Kaikoura and pick up the Inland Rd South, Turn Right just before you get to Kaikoura down MILL ROAD.It becomes a Riverbed with a fun River crossing,depending on the flow.

Taz
24th December 2010, 17:08
Is there or was there a Mill? If so what sort?

NordieBoy
24th December 2010, 20:30
Kowhai Ford Road.

Crim
24th December 2010, 20:50
Is there or was there a Mill? If so what sort?

I was brung up in Kaikoura and always thought it was named after an old saw mill (not one there anymore) but I could be talking through a hole in my .................

mattsdakar
25th December 2010, 16:04
I was brung up in Kaikoura and always thought it was named after an old saw mill (not one there anymore) but I could be talking through a hole in my .................

You must know Peter Butcher then?
He's a colleague, who grew up in Kaikoura guessing similar age to yourself

Crim
26th December 2010, 19:05
You must know Peter Butcher then?
He's a colleague, who grew up in Kaikoura guessing similar age to yourself

Yes, he might even of been in my class in primary school (left to go to boarding school when I was 11 or 12) saw him a year or two back - he's a sparky down here, isn't he?

mattsdakar
27th December 2010, 04:49
Yes, he might even of been in my class in primary school (left to go to boarding school when I was 11 or 12) saw him a year or two back - he's a sparky down here, isn't he?
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Owns Warren auto-electrical business on Ferry Rd, also does towing and has AA contracts

Crim
27th December 2010, 06:05
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Owns Warren auto-electrical business on Ferry Rd, also does towing and has AA contracts

aaaahhhhhh ............ so you da man if I want to wire a jug and toaster to the KLR!