Thread: Manawatu Gorge Slip

such an awsome photo that top one. awsome work.

Originally Posted by Shootm

As some of you know the gorge has been closed for weeks now, a couple of pics I took today looking down at the road.

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As you can see the 80 tonne crane looks tiny.

That's One Amazing View You've got there . Those Towers are Amazing to stand under . It must be Incredible to be on top of them . I imagine You be able to see Alot of both the Islands from that high up.
Great Photos .
It's about time the MOT put a Decent Highway over the top and stopped playing "Micky Mouse" with the gorge road as that road will Never Stop Slipping , it's Amazing No Ones been killed in one of its land slides yet .

Windmill from the wind farm

Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu

Originally Posted by Gibo

Windmill from the wind farm

Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu

Fences must be down up there @Gibo, bloody wind keeps escaping and blowing its tits off over here...

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Fences must be down up there @Gibo, bloody wind keeps escaping and blowing its tits off over here...

I did take a big tree down yesterday, could be letting a bit more come down your way mate

Originally Posted by Gibo

Windmill from the wind farm

Te Apiti Wind Farm Lookout - Palmerston North City & Manawatu

Cheer!

@Shootm my first shepherding job was with Bill Smith who owned the farm where most of the windmills are. Was there for a couple of years - circa 1966. The only good thing I recall about working there was the duck shooting By the gate to the woodshed there was a little hut which I shared from time to time with the drover Linc Campbell as he took mobs for the Hurley's through (do you remember him, if you were around in those days?).

Originally Posted by Tahr

@Shootm my first shepherding job was with Bill Smith who owned the farm where most of the windmills are. Was there for a couple of years - circa 1966. The only good thing I recall about working there was the duck shooting By the gate to the woodshed there was a little hut which I shared from time to time with the drover Linc Campbell as he took mobs for the Hurley's through (do you remember him, if you were around in those days?).

Yep I remember Linc Campbell he was a bit of a local icon. My grandfather knew him well.

Sounds like the gorge is shut for good

Originally Posted by Dundee

Sounds like the gorge is shut for good

yeah mate she is fucked

Know someone who is high up and the hills are moving a shit load atm defently going to be a lot more coming down before they can start working on it again all the engineers are saying

Originally Posted by 199p

yeah mate she is fucked

Know someone who is high up and the hills are moving a shit load atm defently going to be a lot more coming down before they can start working on it again all the engineers are saying

I bet they friggen moved after that snow storm and the following flood.Never seen the Manawatu river so high up this end,reckon it was higher than 2004.

Yeah the saddle rd is cutting up pretty bad to, there is lots of patching going on at the moment.

Originally Posted by Shootm

Yeah the saddle rd is cutting up pretty bad to, there is lots of patching going on at the moment.

Patching is a broad use of the term....more like building the road again after letting it get so bad!

Another slip has come down in the gorge today.

Not looking good for a reopen in the short or long term

Cheers
Pete

Looks like a decision has been made on the future for the gorge.