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cantab27
02-01-2014, 01:00 AM
best wheeling in nz but um no jeep stayed home ....:mad:

castle hill....

people be like wow ...me I wanna wheel it

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greymouth....coalmining and gold town......will live there one day love it.....:pray:

http://www.tourism.net.nz/region/west-coast/west-coast---greymouth/attractions-and-activities/heritage-and-history

the mouth of the grey river

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when in flood this a brilliant bit of water to watch ...not so for the fisherman


FISHING BOATS NEARLY CAPSIZING ENTERING THE GREYMOUTH BOATS 02 copyright.mp4 - YouTube

cantab27
02-01-2014, 01:10 AM
next stop shantytown...again some of you fellas may remember such stuff ..carves...:smiley-laughing021:

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when you first came out from the mother land carves

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train ride woot woot or is that toot toot:o

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cantab27
02-01-2014, 01:26 AM
stand back ..bit of wild life..

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mm looks like the beingings of a good track...

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cantab27
02-01-2014, 01:40 AM
new winch

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cantab27
02-01-2014, 01:58 AM
how they lived back then .....

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got chainsaw


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what you doing here carves

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cantab27
02-01-2014, 02:02 AM
double pics do more later ..head hurts ha ha ha

XJ Wheeler
02-01-2014, 02:33 AM
Nice trip! Liking those gears on the log winch, never seen a chevron design before.

Sent via messenger pigeon - i talk, he types.

Carves
02-01-2014, 06:08 AM
Looks like a great spot. :cool:

Great scenery and is good to see some effort has gone into preserving the historical side of things.

Is all the town original ... or did they truck in some extra buildings to "set the scene" ??

4.3LXJ
02-01-2014, 09:42 AM
next stop shantytown...again some of you fellas may remember such stuff ..carves...:smiley-laughing021:

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr52/cantab27/fishin/002_zps818e2f3d.jpg (http://s469.photobucket.com/user/cantab27/media/fishin/002_zps818e2f3d.jpg.html)

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Lots of stamps around here too. And yes, chevron gears were common. They were self aligning

cantab27
02-01-2014, 02:26 PM
Looks like a great spot. :cool:

Great scenery and is good to see some effort has gone into preserving the historical side of things.

Is all the town original ... or did they truck in some extra buildings to "set the scene" ??

its where the gold was dug plus logging in the early days ....buildings were brought in ....I dig the old mine / gold digging history ...have more pics will load soon

cantab27
02-01-2014, 07:45 PM
few more random pics...

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local bug.....

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this kinda thing laying allover the place


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4.3LXJ
02-01-2014, 07:50 PM
Very cool. I recognize that dredge bucket "just laying around" The creek next to my place had five dredges on it. And that hydraulic monitor is very familiar too. They used them a lot around here to wash away the mountains for gold. They make great places to play with the Jeep :D

cantab27
02-01-2014, 07:54 PM
yep cool old school stuff ....have pics of this you will like ......

http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Kids/NZDisasters/Brunner.asp

got a 44 to deliver first lol

4.3LXJ
02-01-2014, 08:31 PM
Thanks mate

cantab27
02-01-2014, 09:24 PM
murder ,,,,,,poor sheepy


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Firemanray
02-01-2014, 09:59 PM
New Zealand is on my bucket list, you're just moving it up the list!!:thumbsup:

4.3LXJ
02-01-2014, 10:05 PM
Great stuff Mate

cantab27
02-01-2014, 10:13 PM
http://www.historicplaces.org.nz/placestovisit/westcoast/brunnermineindustrialsite.aspx?sc_lang=en


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shhhh I wont tell if you don't.....:D

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see the little hole ......hang on get closer

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the fumes coming outta here were not flash ...burnt back of the throat and made eyes water ha ha ...just for yall to get a closer pic

Carves
02-01-2014, 11:33 PM
Probably arsenic fumes ... hope you filtered them through a good brand of cigarette .. :D

Wish all my photos of Hill End in NSW, and a few other places, werent stuck on a busted thumb drive ... you might have enjoyed a few of 'em.

cantab27
02-01-2014, 11:40 PM
Probably arsenic fumes ... hope you filtered them through a good brand of cigarette .. :D

Wish all my photos of Hill End in NSW, and a few other places, werent stuck on a busted thumb drive ... you might have enjoyed a few of 'em.

I hear re pics on broken things .....:sad0147: do enjoy looking at other parts of the world and its coal / gold /logging history.....

gonna do a run through central otago ..well good stuff up them ways ..


coming over the pass

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and the trusty stead for the few days driving ....


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Midknight
02-16-2014, 03:11 AM
Back in the 80's my dad was offered a job in New Zealand, I wish he would have taken the job, I would love to live there

bad luck
02-16-2014, 11:19 AM
Incredible scenery, thanks for posting the great pics. A lot of the buildings and equipment does remind me of the old gold rush towns in the western U.S.
How far is it to the west coast from Christchurch? I wish I could visit New Zealand and Australia sometime.

cantab27
02-16-2014, 06:17 PM
Incredible scenery, thanks for posting the great pics. A lot of the buildings and equipment does remind me of the old gold rush towns in the western U.S.
How far is it to the west coast from Christchurch? I wish I could visit New Zealand and Australia sometime.

two hour 40 min drive ...

http://www.greydistrict.co.nz/place/otira-viaduct-and-rail-tunnel-impressive-civil-engineering-feats/

remember when it took hours before they built the new viaduct......my cousin still drives the coal train through the otira tunnel...coal gets exported to china ...

couple of years back I blow a trans just after coming through that bit of road ........smoke , oil everywhere .......was fun to pull up ...no cell converge out there :mad:

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