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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