Westport - Bugger! Another ghost town in the making

[husaberg]

Perhaps because there was a coal mine 34 km's away ...

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/waikato-places/page-4

Really? You would wonder how they missed it was so far away from Indonesia though

[eldog]

Really? You would wonder how they missed it was so far away Indonesia though

too many drugs aye

[husaberg]

they could have built it in 'strya, could have built a 1 lane highway with the power cable attached back to NZ. now thats an idea

We could just sell off the silly thing and those silly worthless minerals it would be great for Mom and Pop Investors.
Imagine the potential prosperity that it could bring to one and all(Of John Keys Mates)

[husaberg]

too many drugs aye

Seems like it I thing you got me between edits for engerish (Bill)

[eldog]

We could just sell off the silly thing and those silly worthless minerals it would be great for Mom and Pop Investors.
Imagine the potential prosperity that it could bring to one and all(Of John Keys Mates)

OR we could sell it for a $1 to an aussie company who then strips all the assets and buy it back for a few hundred mill a couple of years later.

Bit like the (good) land we are selling overseas. Overseas people realise the value of such things
Cant blame the owners for trying to get top dollar I suppose

[husaberg]

Been to Hokitika for a job delivering some machinery a few years back.

They worked hard and only had the a few days off in the gold mines I visited. But they were good people, gave you the shirt off there back and went out of their way to help me - even arranged some tours on the way back up the coast of various mines.

Most memorable was the Grey river dredge - where I got a personal tour of the dredge by the owner(his name escapes me-thought of it a second ago-Birchfield?) I am sure they had a alluvial mine at Ross, I stopped and looked over the edge of the pit. Brought the Tee Shirt (its still in the wardrobe and its a good un)

Plan to go back there on a bike next time.

Much better than Aklders

Allan.........Ngahere Gold Dredge
The mine at Ross is his Brother Evan
You can never have too many tanks

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11145591

[eldog]

Seems like it I thing you got me between edits for engerish (Bill)

Our new president Bang Bang would have you up for contempt of ringlish

[husaberg]

OR we could sell it for a $1 to an aussie company who then strips all the assets and buy it back for a few hundred mill a couple of years later.

Bit like the (good) land we are selling overseas. Overseas people realise the value of such things
Cant blame the owners for trying to get top dollar I suppose

No we need to be cleverer than that now
Sell it for a token 20 million. With great terms well below market rates for interest.
Then let them sell of all the assets it has and run down the infrastructure as much as possible while still giving them huge tax brakes
Then buy it back for $1 but we then pay to fix it all and maintain it while they get free exclusive use of the freight capabilities it has for perpetuity.

[husaberg]

Our new president Bang Bang would have you up for contempt of ringlish

I was only pulling his tail

[eldog]

Allan.........Ngahere Gold Dredge
The mine at Ross is his Brother Evan
You can never have too many tankshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11145591

yep they seemed to build everything there.
a great place for a bike, but wet, the roads down from Blenheim (often first gear) were awesome.

Still want to visit Lake Matheson

nice people the whole lot.

[eldog]

I was only pulling his tail

[husaberg]

yep they seemed to build everything there.
a great place for a bike, but wet, the roads down from Blenheim (often first gear) were awesome.

Still want to visit Lake Matheson

nice people the whole lot.

Yeah from what I have figured out I am the only actual arsehole here.
To be fair though were are all a little feral
Buller Gorge is bloody awesome on a fine day (Tourists excluded)

[Gadget1]

I was only pulling his tail

You could be heading for a court case...

[eldog]

Yeah from what I have figured out I am the only actual arsehole here.
To be fair though were are all a little feral
Buller Gorge is bloody awesome on a fine day (Tourists excluded)

funny you should say that. It appears that I am a show off and an arsehole for asking questions.

Ooooo hes wearing BMW gear oooooo (so I saved for a year or two BEFORE I brought it and it has saved me a broken collar bone and various other injuries too.

Me a show off never, an attention seeker maybe.

Never did make it to Westport, thought Hokitika was a good place for a holiday, liked the roads and beaches, the emptyness

[husaberg]

You could be heading for a court case...

Nah we couldn't we settle it with a couple of bottles of Wine (from a vineyard I own in a blind trust which is kind of an odd coincidence that I know about it)
Either way I was out of the country at the time. Enjoying my US citizenship.
We could offer you Judith Collins if a couple of bottles of wine is insufficient.
But rest assured I are not a shape shifting alien.