Waihi- what a hole!

**cave weta** · 12th June 2009, 13:03

remember back in 2001- a large hole opened up in a suburb close to the old mining area and a house slipped 9 metres down a hole then got jammed?
The full depth of the hole was 134m!!! and went right down to an old underground stables complex that had caved in.

well yesterday I drove over a sudden dip that had developed on SH25 outside the mine gates. - about 100m from where the 2001 event occured.
By 6 pm it was noticably sharper and deeper.

This morning the main road is closed with a huge diversion and men in hi vis are looking down a big hole!

The General Manager of the mining company is there and Transit and Council Bigwigs. they told me its a burst water main. Pfft!

- the soil that they are bringing out is bone dry and whats the GM of the mining co doing standing there with a map of the known underground workings in his hand?

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**Kornholio** · 12th June 2009, 13:06

Bugger, the town is starting to turn itself inside out :/

**BiK3RChiK** · 12th June 2009, 13:10

Hahaha.... expect to see the digger fall into it! Hope you've got your camera at the ready.

**Lula** · 12th June 2009, 13:11

Mmmm might be time to sell my rental!

**cave weta** · 12th June 2009, 13:13

Originally Posted by Lula

Mmmm might be time to sell my rental!

?????????- PM coming!

**duckonin** · 12th June 2009, 13:19

Cave weta with the size of the hole maybe we should go into oposition against Waitomo caves, would be high profile (cave tours) starting in the middle of the road that would give your Adventures a boost..

**Swoop** · 12th June 2009, 14:09

Are they still going to fill the "big" hole and make a lake?

**cave weta** · 12th June 2009, 14:21

Originally Posted by Swoop

Are they still going to fill the "big" hole and make a lake?

That was just something I put out there to keep the locals happy until I finalised the details of my 'Journey to the centre of the Earth' themepark and giftshop.

**duckonin** · 12th June 2009, 14:27

Just had a look at the pic's Weta 10 idgets doing nothing,or maybe thay are Thonking about it, oh to have a real job like that...making big bucks !!!

**cave weta** · 12th June 2009, 14:36

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Originally Posted by duckonin

Just had a look at the pic's Weta 10 idgets doing nothing,or maybe thay are Thonking about it, oh to have a real job like that...making big bucks !!!

PFFT! This is what I photo'd last summer - just 100metres away from the same spot- idgets looking for cracks in the road!

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**ajturbo** · 12th June 2009, 16:00

you know... i feel sorry for all those guys.....

having to stand around with no shovel or broom to lean on....

i hope they are ok....

**duckonin** · 12th June 2009, 16:03

Originally Posted by cave weta

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PFFT! This is what I photo'd last summer - just 100metres away from the same spot- idgets looking for cracks in the road!

High school kids looking for bits of gold fallen from the trucks to keep their school afloat..

**cambridgedan** · 12th June 2009, 16:05

i wanaa see a biiiig hole in the ground

**ManDownUnder** · 12th June 2009, 16:06

It's a brave person driving that digger...!

Underground mining
Ground level starts to collapse down

"you want to drive an 8 ton piece of machinery...? Towards the hole?"