Three explosions? - Upper Harbour

**YLWDUC** · 22nd June 2007, 13:25

Originally Posted by Swoop

Perhaps it was from Hobsonville airbase???

Nope, Hobsonville is closed (99%) and although some of the ammo dumps are still there, all the really cool shit has been moved down to Ohakea.

**Maha** · 22nd June 2007, 13:27

Originally Posted by YLWDUC

all the really cool shit has been moved down to Ohakea.

To be stored close to the other cool shit?.... like the Skyhawks?...

**YLWDUC** · 22nd June 2007, 13:30

Skyhawks are only cool with a New Zealand frame of reference. Compared to a Herc, almost anything is cool. Put a skyhawk next to an A-10 or a Super Hornet and the poor little thing looks a little decrepit

**yod** · 22nd June 2007, 14:05

Originally Posted by peasea

Tell them to wait until I've packed my bags.

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Wake Palmy up and tell it.

i've decided we're moving the centre of the known universe to Gore - cos it just has the coooolest name

**Swoop** · 22nd June 2007, 14:09

Originally Posted by YLWDUC

Nope, Hobsonville is closed (99%) and although some of the ammo dumps are still there, all the really cool shit has been moved down to Ohakea.

It could, however, be the people who go there to "play"....

**Daffyd** · 22nd June 2007, 15:47

Originally Posted by yod

i've decided we're moving the centre of the known universe to Gore - cos it just has the coooolest name

I thought that was the centre of the universe!

**sAsLEX** · 22nd June 2007, 18:01

Originally Posted by YLWDUC

Skyhawks are only cool with a New Zealand frame of reference. Compared to a Herc, almost anything is cool. Put a skyhawk next to an A-10 or a Super Hornet and the poor little thing looks a little decrepit

Argentina thought they were pretty cool!

**Steam** · 22nd June 2007, 18:08

Originally Posted by Karma

Anyone here from the greenhithe / upper harbour area just hear three huge bangs at about 10? I'm talking to the point they shook the floor a little and tiped my lamp over.

Can't see anything on the herald, but I'm 95.6584% sure I didn't imagine it.

They could be implosive connecters, used to splice high voltage wires. They are refurbishing the transmission wires near where I live, BOOM all day. Blaady big, thought it was a bomb at first, then it happened again, and again.