Tagorama

[Captain_Salty]

Well I've walked most of the way. That's Sloven's Stream viaduct in your photo. This is Staircase

[dangerous]

Well I've walked most of the way. That's Sloven's Stream viaduct in your photo. This is Staircase

is the stair case not the hole section of rail from the start of the clime to my viaduct?

[Captain_Salty]

Not really. Staircase Stream is a few k's further down the Waimak Gorge from there with its viaduct and passing loop named after it. You were in Broken River Gorge and between Slovens Stream viaduct and Broken River Viaduct the track was known as "the mile of six tunnels". The track up slovens is known as Avoca Bank.

[dangerous]

Not really. Staircase Stream is a few k's further down the Waimak Gorge from there with its viaduct and passing loop named after it. You were in Broken River Gorge and between Slovens Stream viaduct and Broken River Viaduct the track was known as "the mile of six tunnels". The track up slovens is known as Avoca Bank.

Captian... not that I doubted you its awesom to learn shit, below is from my step father... I get the feeling you proberly sat in the same train



Yes Captain_Salty is right, now that I see Captain_Salty's photo it has certainly retriggered the memory, I flew past that spot, same lovely view, with David Chappell years ago.

And again Captain_Salty is right with regard to his geography, however I well remember sitting in the front end of a Fiat Railcar heading west many many moons ago, the driver gave me a bit of a running commentary as we climbed what he “ loosely” termed the staircase, however he did qualify the fact that the term staircase did derive from the the Staircase Stream, he also identified the specific geographical points Captain_Salty mentioned as we passed them by not to mention all of the tunnels.

There are a lot of folk from my era who used to travel up to the Bealy / Arthurs Pass area on a Friday night train, [and the occasional Sunday excursions, when Steam was King], who would talk about the staircase as being loosely applied to the impressive climb, views, tunnels etc of this section of track, but most people who travelled this line knew the real Staircase section, as such, was as Captain_Salty has described.

[Taxythingy]

Found it!

Lees Valley Rd just over the cattlestop.

I've been lurking since buying the bike a couple of months ago and got itchy wheels today. Good excuse for a blat. Here's the next one.

[dangerous]

Found it!

Lees Valley Rd just over the cattlestop.

I've been lurking since buying the bike a couple of months ago and got itchy wheels today. Good excuse for a blat. Here's the next one.

It did cross my mind that thats were it may have been, knew GB wouldnt a ridden a race bike to far...
BUT I need help with the new tag?

[neels]

Well pretty sure I know what it is, just don't know where it is.

Anyone seen a millstone in passing lately?

[Taxythingy]

Well, I didn't take it too far since I would have run out of light. The filename on the pic should help a bit, too!

Good ride out there, though - Telegraph Rd in one direction, Tram Rd in the other & (c)heated grips all round. Weather too good to pass up.

Chris

[dangerous]

Well pretty sure I know what it is, just don't know where it is.

Anyone seen a millstone in passing lately?

so we are looking for a old wheat mill or similer, my googling failed but then ya all know I aint that flash at that shit... road and path looks old so thinking we are in a township, kinda looks beachy but also looks like we are at hight...

[dangerous]

Well, I didn't take it too far since I would have run out of light. The filename on the pic should help a bit, too!

Good ride out there, though - Telegraph Rd in one direction, Tram Rd in the other & (c)heated grips all round. Weather too good to pass up.

Chris

come on stop fucking around... giz something to work with, suns out

[Taxythingy]

Right, sorry 'bout the delay.

Do not pass the O, go directly to jail?

Does that help?

[Subike]

Right, sorry 'bout the delay.

Do not pass the O, go directly to jail?

Does that help?

well. that made it really easy.....

[dangerous]

this is iratating me... so close but no cigar, 'O' wheat mill, jail, telegraph tram loop, photo shows old pavment etc, looks like its at height by the shadow in the back ground, thinking thinking, fark ya's

[neels]

It's pretty much right next to one of my tags from a while back, after a nice scenic ride around the bottom of the foothills.

Funny, have been there many many times and never even noticed that.

[Taxythingy]

Eyeing up a sunny Saturday blat, are ye?