Nelsonians Got Ya Floaties On?

**Woodman** · 20th December 2011, 20:33

Originally Posted by Shewolf

anyone know if the big water dump extended down into Rainbow area? What the state of the road and crossings will be like if it has?

Apparently ok there, the big falls were in fairly isolated areas, e.g. Nelson got heaps whereas Motueka area didn't and Golden Bay is just a friggen disaster, there is a lot more damage down there than folk realise. Rumours today that places like Totaranui won't be open for up to a year the road is that bad, and there are a number of campervans and other vehicles stuck their for the duration.Not much money left in the pot to fix a lot of the damage so its gonna be some lean times for a lot of Golden Bay businesses that rely on visitor numbers.

possibly some new options for adv riders though.

**Padmei** · 21st December 2011, 06:51

Apart from the parts mentioned above Nelson is still business as usual. The images you see are of the worse bits - kinda like the 1st quake in Chch.The slips are pretty cool to look at
To be fair the only thing different now for 99% of the Nelson population is that traffic is a bit slower through the main thoroughfare into the city due to the waterfront road being closed.

Don't let the floods put you off coming up here for holidays, the Port races or otherwise - we're still buzzing with our laidback style. There are still heaps of things to do & see apart from Pohara & the other places in Golden Bay closed off.
There are great rivers to enjoy as well as the beaches.
We have many attractions & I am really happy that this year our family gets to have Christmas & holidays home here in Nelson as we never get bored here.

We hope you enjoy our stay with us

**Woodman** · 21st December 2011, 20:16

Just reading in the rag that the rainfall has been measured as the largest urban area rainfall ever recorded in New Zealand.

And Padmei is correct it is still all go here, hardly noticeable really. Top spot.

**MyGSXF:Me** · 21st December 2011, 20:27

Originally Posted by Padmei

There are still heaps of things to do & see apart from Pohara & the other places in Golden Bay closed off.

The Pohara Campground & Store are open again now.. must be true anyhowz, coz it says so in the newspaper...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/n...ummer-visitors

**cooneyr** · 21st December 2011, 20:42

Originally Posted by Padmei

Apart from the parts mentioned above Nelson is still business as usual. The images you see are of the worse bits - kinda like the 1st quake in Chch.The slips are pretty cool to look at
To be fair the only thing different now for 99% of the Nelson population is that traffic is a bit slower through the main thoroughfare into the city due to the waterfront road being closed.

Don't let the floods put you off coming up here for holidays, the Port races or otherwise - we're still buzzing with our laidback style. There are still heaps of things to do & see apart from Pohara & the other places in Golden Bay closed off.
There are great rivers to enjoy as well as the beaches.
We have many attractions & I am really happy that this year our family gets to have Christmas & holidays home here in Nelson as we never get bored here.

We hope you enjoy our stay with us

Originally Posted by Woodman

Just reading in the rag that the rainfall has been measured as the largest urban area rainfall ever recorded in New Zealand.

And Padmei is correct it is still all go here, hardly noticeable really. Top spot.

Jeez who do you two work for - Tourism Nelson/Tasman. Talk about a sell.

Suspect your right through Padmei - TV footage of September quake in Chch made it look like the whole place was stuffed but only a relatively small area (this is the cold bastard engineer who didn't have any property damage speaking).

Cheers R

**Padmei** · 21st December 2011, 20:52

Nah I don't work for tourism Nelson or even make money from companies in the tourist game.
In fact if you get me on a ranting mood I'll tell ya how 'I told ya so' that very few people in Nelson made any money from the world rugby game things that were on here & tourism is NOT the industry we should be spending money on phew- don't get me started...

In fact my post was a reassurance for people that were thinking of coming for holidays or visit that weren't sure if we were all go or not.
On the other hand I am a pretty over the top advocate for Nelson - it is THAT cool

**Woodman** · 21st December 2011, 20:57

Originally Posted by Padmei

Nah I don't work for tourism Nelson or even make money from companies in the tourist game.
In fact if you get me on a ranting mood I'll tell ya how 'I told ya so' that very few people in Nelson made any money from the world rugby game things that were on here & tourism is NOT the industry we should be spending money on phew- don't get me started...

In fact it was a reassurance for people that were really keen to get out of home & go somewhere & have a good time.

On the other hand I am a pretty over the top advocate for Nelson - it is THAT cool

So what industry should we be spending our money on here? (need a light the fuse and run away and hide smiley)

**Padmei** · 21st December 2011, 21:14

Originally Posted by Woodman

So what industry should we be spending our money on here? (need a light the fuse and run away and hide smiley)

Give you a clue.
we're surrounded by pine trees, the product will will need processing & transportation, & everyone uses it everyday at least once...

**Woodman** · 21st December 2011, 21:18

Toilet paper,

Welcome to sunny Nelson the bog roll capital of the world. Hmmm toilet paper,doesn't really have a ring to it.

**NordieBoy** · 22nd December 2011, 09:25

Originally Posted by MyGSXF

The Pohara Campground & Store are open again now.. must be true anyhowz, coz it says so in the newspaper...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/n...ummer-visitors

They're crying out for more hands on deck over there and expected the student army yesterday. They may arrive today...

The SVA is so bad about contacting people that Vic wasn't sure they were even going today and got a ride over with a guy from Downers.

**nic** · 22nd December 2011, 13:27

Originally Posted by Padmei

Don't let the floods put you off coming up here for holidays, the Port races or otherwise - we're still buzzing with our laidback style. There are still heaps of things to do & see apart from Pohara & the other places in Golden Bay closed off.
There are great rivers to enjoy as well as the beaches.
We have many attractions & I am really happy that this year our family gets to have Christmas & holidays home here in Nelson as we never get bored here.

We hope you enjoy our stay with us

Ha Ha.... It has not put me off........will be at the street races

but not the beach races - get the ferry home that day.

**Monstaman** · 22nd December 2011, 14:51

Anyone know how Reefton came through it?, we will be there from Christmas day on until the 2nd Jan if any KBers are rolling through, join us for a chat, drinks or repairs etc, having the truck there we have a comprehensive tool pile.

Not taking the DR this year, bro will have his there so we will wreck his instead

This is what to look for if you do drop in ... hopefully not is a big puddle ...again

**george formby** · 22nd December 2011, 15:20

Originally Posted by Padmei

Give you a clue.
we're surrounded by pine trees, the product will will need processing & transportation, & everyone uses it everyday at least once...

Nah, everybody would be better off if the trees where used to build a bridge. Get rid of those bloody ferries. I would certainly visit one of my favourite parts of NZ more often...

**Padmei** · 22nd December 2011, 17:10

Originally Posted by george formby

Nah, everybody would be better off if the trees where used to build a bridge. Get rid of those bloody ferries. I would certainly visit one of my favourite parts of NZ more often...

Oh no no no - we're trying to keep the northies away