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Pwalo
29th August 2006, 08:37
Hope you guys have seen this:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10398540

Looks like it'll be no fun over the hill for a while.
riffer
29th August 2006, 08:39
Arse.

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Wasp
29th August 2006, 08:43
you had me worried it was the takas for a second there.
James Deuce
29th August 2006, 08:48
Me too Wasp.

The Hill - The Rimutaka Hill Road.

Piecock (sic) - The Paekakariki Hill Road.
Don't do that again Mr Pwalo. :nono:
Pwalo
29th August 2006, 08:59
Me too Wasp.

The Hill - The Rimutaka Hill Road.

Piecock (sic) - The Paekakriki Hill Road.
Don't do that again Mr Pwalo. :nono:


Sorry Jim, but I had brain fade and couldn't remember how to spell Paekakariki! Actually I'm surprised that the Taka's haven't been too badly affected by the rains.
James Deuce
29th August 2006, 09:03
Its alright, I spelled it wrong anyway.

I've been waiting for the new cuttings above Te Marua to fall down myself.
Bend-it
29th August 2006, 14:25
Just rode the paekak last Wednesday, amazing ride... Will be eagerly its re-opening! :)
NC
29th August 2006, 15:30
Good shit! I hate that goat track of death!
Jamezo
29th August 2006, 15:39
Good shit! I hate that goat track of death!
Sacriledge! Paecock >= Rimutakas
Bend-it
29th August 2006, 15:44
Good shit! I hate that goat track of death!

Lynch her! Lynch her! Lynch her! Lynch her! Lynch her! Lynch her!
Colapop
29th August 2006, 16:09
It's no surprise - farmers should be encouraged (subsidised) to plant erosion proofing.
James Deuce
29th August 2006, 17:13
Good shit! I hate that goat track of death!

Dead right. Nowhere near as good as the Rimutakas.
Freakshow
29th August 2006, 17:22
Not surprising as it was a great day to play count the slips!
Slingshot
29th August 2006, 21:45
Not surprising as it was a great day to play count the slips!

Our car just about turned into a boat half way around Greys Rd on Sat. Called *555 after driving foot deep water for a couple of Kms and they couldn't believe that the council hadn't closed the road yet (an hour an a half after they were instructed too).
Pwalo
30th August 2006, 08:03
Not surprising as it was a great day to play count the slips!

Sure was. Went up Onslow Rd on Sunday and it seemed to be one continuous road work.
Drum
30th August 2006, 08:12
Our car just about turned into a boat half way around Greys Rd on Sat. Called *555 after driving foot deep water for a couple of Kms and they couldn't believe that the council hadn't closed the road yet (an hour an a half after they were instructed too).

And I went around on Sunday. The sign said "Road Closed - Flooding".

It wasnt.
Hitcher
30th August 2006, 12:25
It's no surprise - farmers should be encouraged (subsidised) to plant erosion proofing.

Conservation planting only works to a point: there's only so much a bunch of trees can do to help bolt down intrinsically unstable countryside -- particularly when a hundred-odd mm of rain falls on it in a comparatively short space of time. If there had been trees planted above the Paekakariki Hill Road, chances are that they would now lie strewn across what's left of it, together with a bunch of gravel. Weather-induced erosion is a fact of life, like death and taxes, but there are some things we can do to mitigate its effects.
Insanity_rules
31st August 2006, 09:32
Point of interest, I went for a quick strop up the playground on Tuesday late afternoon and there were a couple of little slips around but didn't look too bad. That Paekakariki Hill Rd is a suckfull road that needs serious work.

Got a bit worried when i saw the thread.