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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Lee Stream, High side of Good, Optimal Actually
Having misssed the super high Taieri River, Ollie, Glenn and I managed to quench our thrist with a higher than before Lee Stream.
The level was 3cm above the yellow painted ledge on the outram side of the Ford
It certainly made for good sport providing lots of fluffy water, although some of the manky overhanging tree alleyways you have to duck down, we decided to walk around as the micro eddies were blowing out in to the Vines and branches.
Short clip of Balooga falls, and Ollie Yeoman pencil sharpening himself up for the falls!
PS was chattin to the Rural post guy out there the other day, he said the High water of the big flood last year was just underneath the high bridge at the ford! Wow
The level was 3cm above the yellow painted ledge on the outram side of the Ford
It certainly made for good sport providing lots of fluffy water, although some of the manky overhanging tree alleyways you have to duck down, we decided to walk around as the micro eddies were blowing out in to the Vines and branches.
Short clip of Balooga falls, and Ollie Yeoman pencil sharpening himself up for the falls!
PS was chattin to the Rural post guy out there the other day, he said the High water of the big flood last year was just underneath the high bridge at the ford! Wow
Rain Rain everywhere...
So the rain has fallen and the rivers have been up.
THe leith was very impressive at 65cumecs, some of the filter features that the ORC install in the Leith Valley don't seem to be working like that should be, at the larger flows the fast water sped around the outside of these vertical pillars on river right.
Classic urban adventuresA posse put in above the Woodhaugh gardens (a previously standard move) and paddled down to towards the accellerator.
The word is that the weir you encounter between these two points has had rocks and debris cleared, "Go the ORC" It had been undisturbed for for donkeys ages. Breeding the complacency. Making the Right hand boof move a lil' more challenging.
Three swimmers and a mighty struggle by Callum Brash and Lu Jull in their boats to escape the tow back.
Then with the elevated water level rescuing folks sounded jolly awkward as the slalom wires got into the mix.
All Safe, their boats did the "Grand Tour" to the harbour, With one of them being trashed by the time it reached the harbour.
James Dawson Plus one other (Who are you mystery man?) were doing laps between the accellerator and the gardens footbridge in the afternoon session
The following clip is a blend of footage shot at 11am and 430pm peaked at 65cumecs.
Thoughts:
In the future ORC will be doing some major renovations to the Leith, Seeing what they have done so far makes me wonder how well that will all go!
Eg: The filter that doesn't filter at high flow (Not a bad thing for us), hopefully not indicative of the science and physical modelling that they will be using for these larger changes. The Clocktower Weir is one that will be looked at, Thanks to the NZRCA there is the possibility to make it safer for the humble boater, awesome work.... get on and pay your membership! I will if you will!
THe leith was very impressive at 65cumecs, some of the filter features that the ORC install in the Leith Valley don't seem to be working like that should be, at the larger flows the fast water sped around the outside of these vertical pillars on river right.
Classic urban adventuresA posse put in above the Woodhaugh gardens (a previously standard move) and paddled down to towards the accellerator.
The word is that the weir you encounter between these two points has had rocks and debris cleared, "Go the ORC" It had been undisturbed for for donkeys ages. Breeding the complacency. Making the Right hand boof move a lil' more challenging.
Three swimmers and a mighty struggle by Callum Brash and Lu Jull in their boats to escape the tow back.
Then with the elevated water level rescuing folks sounded jolly awkward as the slalom wires got into the mix.
All Safe, their boats did the "Grand Tour" to the harbour, With one of them being trashed by the time it reached the harbour.
James Dawson Plus one other (Who are you mystery man?) were doing laps between the accellerator and the gardens footbridge in the afternoon session
The following clip is a blend of footage shot at 11am and 430pm peaked at 65cumecs.
Thoughts:
In the future ORC will be doing some major renovations to the Leith, Seeing what they have done so far makes me wonder how well that will all go!
Eg: The filter that doesn't filter at high flow (Not a bad thing for us), hopefully not indicative of the science and physical modelling that they will be using for these larger changes. The Clocktower Weir is one that will be looked at, Thanks to the NZRCA there is the possibility to make it safer for the humble boater, awesome work.... get on and pay your membership! I will if you will!
Taieri River Access Closed just as Season Kicks Off.
So time has come for Wenita to carve a swathe thru there own forest!!
What sort of atitude is that???!?
You would think they owned the place! LOL
So what is the story?
We rocked up, two fridays ago, the white gate on the dirt road near sailsbury road, closed.
Big dump trucks shingling the new roads being built for access to harvest the trees!
I am a cyclist, who lives in Port Chalmers. So no need to explain my perspective on this issue!
Anyhoo i digress, the road closed Sign had a number to call, so i did
Talked to Sally who then passed me on to Aaron, who informed me the road will be
You would think they owned the place! LOL
So what is the story?
We rocked up, two fridays ago, the white gate on the dirt road near sailsbury road, closed.
Big dump trucks shingling the new roads being built for access to harvest the trees!
I am a cyclist, who lives in Port Chalmers. So no need to explain my perspective on this issue!
Anyhoo i digress, the road closed Sign had a number to call, so i did
Talked to Sally who then passed me on to Aaron, who informed me the road will be
completly closed for three months, as they build the roads.
A bit stunned at this point, stunning day, warm temp, 32cumecs in the Lower gorge, a grand day in the making, thwarted.
I understand the reasons, there were six tonka trucks owning the road while i chatted to Aaron. dangerous for sure, these guys are totally not expecting anyone else out there.
Back to the facts after the original three month closure it will be closed during the weekdays and open in the weekends.
Looks like while the trees were growing over the last 20- 30 years Wenita didn't actually have much of an idea on what was going on in the confines of there forest.
Trail bikers, Kayakers, Mountain bikers, Pig hunters, 4WDr's, Pot farmers.... they have been all out there, we have seen them!
So with this closure, i think Aaron is getting the full picture of what has been going on out there in the wilderness.
A bit stunned at this point, stunning day, warm temp, 32cumecs in the Lower gorge, a grand day in the making, thwarted.
I understand the reasons, there were six tonka trucks owning the road while i chatted to Aaron. dangerous for sure, these guys are totally not expecting anyone else out there.
Back to the facts after the original three month closure it will be closed during the weekdays and open in the weekends.
Looks like while the trees were growing over the last 20- 30 years Wenita didn't actually have much of an idea on what was going on in the confines of there forest.
Trail bikers, Kayakers, Mountain bikers, Pig hunters, 4WDr's, Pot farmers.... they have been all out there, we have seen them!
So with this closure, i think Aaron is getting the full picture of what has been going on out there in the wilderness.
Later that day
Asked Jess of the OUCC if they had been notified as a vested interest in the river, No ..
Looking further into it at the council level Kyle passed me on to Don Hill, who informed me that there had been a notice placed in the "Notices" section in a Saturday paper. I ask for a copy of that notice to be emailed to me. After the stunned silence he suggested i look it up for myself.
I am dissapointed that we (OUCC, Poly etc) weren't notified.
Maybe that stems from the fact they have no idea about anyone else out there other than WildEarth.
So at this point we have been left with chicken feed! (Kayaker POV)
The channels are open and i will be discussing the progress of the roadworks in the Mt Allan area with Aaron, I will be keeping you in the loop via the interweb so keep you your eyes open on any future developments
Peace Out
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