Red Rocks Closed at the Moment

[gazza]

Maybe we can push a few of those bigger ones away.

apart from about 3 big rocks (5-7ft) which can be driven round anyway theres just the two about 3ft ish which have to be moved the rest is man handable

[Bubba]

I was thinking about pushing the big ones, driving the rest and not getting out of my wagen the entire time. I didn't get into 4wding to push shit out of the way by hand

[gazza]

I was thinking about pushing the big ones, driving the rest and not getting out of my wagen the entire time. I didn't get into 4wding to push shit out of the way by hand

ok i,ll let you lead then P.S take a good run up might aswell do it in style

[Sadam_Husain]

I was thinking about pushing the big ones, driving the rest and not getting out of my wagen the entire time. I didn't get into 4wding to push shit out of the way by hand

Are you intending to do that in your new Mu or the Cruiser your selling Bubba

[HJ60]

Some more Red Rocks slip photos taken tonight as sun going down:







This sign may be an issue for those going through unless council are in agreement:




From the pics it looks easy to drive around and I saw what looked like attempts i.e. tyre tracks leading up to rocks but none going all the way through.

Has anyone been able to travel via Long Gully to the other side of this blockage or are there more challenges ahead?

Cheers,

Rick.

[skid]

I was thinking about pushing the big ones, driving the rest and not getting out of my wagen the entire time. I didn't get into 4wding to push shit out of the way by hand

Are you intending to do that in your new Mu or the Cruiser your selling Bubba

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

please tell me it ain't so Bubba, please no.

[Bubba]

I have a day spa appointment that I have to attend so have fun lads

[skid]

I have a day spa appointment that I have to attend so have fun lads

oh dear, it looks like our bubba has taken option 2

[Sadam_Husain]

I should be down at the gate about 5.30pm

I guess if the council has closed the road at the slip we cant go past that point but if we were to find that someone else has already shifted all the rocks and there are already tyre marks going past there we'll be ok to drive through

[basics]

5.57pm. if only i had read it a bit earlier and didnt let the missus take the truck

[Cloggy_NZ]

I just hope this slip doesn't give the council and/or DOC the right excuse to close the road.
DOC or some other greenie organisation have been wanting to close the road to vehicles for some time now.
I think that slip needs to be cleared asap.

[Jerry]

Well???? did anyone go round?

[skid]

Well???? did anyone go round?

maybe they did

maybe they didn't

[skid]

cool bach malcolm

need to do an overnighter

as with any bach, theres an assortment of signs collected over the evening (oops, years, I meant to say)



and jeep drivers are wimps

[Beer_Cruiser]

Maybe its not as hard as the photos look
Maybe it would take 15mins to move some rocks
It was good to have a beer at the batch with a few (toyota driving) mates

[Sadam_Husain]

I must remember to take extra emergency beer next time.

Shit I'd left the chilly bin (aka the Bar) on the back of the truck from when I left Marks place on Sunday Avo and there was still some ice left over from the weekend to keep the cans chilled at the right tempature

[skid]

I must remember to take extra emergency beer next time.

Shit I'd left the chilly bin (aka the Bar) on the back of the truck from when I left Marks place on Sunday Avo and there was still some ice left over from the weekend to keep the cans chilled at the right tempature

and an alien belonging to reece, which he can claim from the beer bach.








looking at those pics from HJ60, somebody had moved a lot of rocks on the other side before we got there.

[HJ60]

I got there a little earlier yesterday and meet up with the late model black shorty landrover. He had pulled two trucks through that got hung up on the rocks - one was a hilux that broke something in the attempt

hj60

[HJ60]

Just back from Red Rocks to see if third hand radio news today that council had used a helo & monsoon bucket to bring the loose stuff down was true.

The site looked almost exactly as we left it last night. While there one of the locals - landrover next bach south from the slip came along and slipped left going through the first gap. We repacked and got him able to reverse out and park up. Went rest of way to his bach on foot.

Next vehicle through will need to repack again to make things easier.

hj60

[Bubba]

Just back from Red Rocks to see if third hand radio news today that council had used a helo & monsoon bucket to bring the loose stuff down was true.

The site looked almost exactly as we left it last night. While there one of the locals - landrover next bach south from the slip came along and slipped left going through the first gap. We repacked and got him able to reverse out and park up. Went rest of way to his bach on foot.

Next vehicle through will need to repack again to make things easier.

hj60

Hey HJ60, are you the guy in the 60 with the big ass aerials all over it thats always stuck around the coast

[Sadam_Husain]

Hey HJ60, are you the guy in the 60 with the big ass aerials all over it thats always pulling stuck vehicles out around the coast

Yep thats him

I just heard the council being interviewed on the radio and they said the road will likely remain closed untill after the weekend........ I guess those council jokers wernt around there on Wednesday when everybody was driveing around the slip?

[PR]

Are there any photos of you guys on the trip drivin through the boulders

[skid]

Hey HJ60, are you the guy in the 60 with the big ass aerials all over it thats always pulling stuck vehicles out around the coast

Yep thats him

I just heard the council being interviewed on the radio and they said the road will likely remain closed untill after the weekend........ I guess those council jokers wernt around there on Wednesday when everybody was driveing around the slip?

should of offered them a beer at the beer bach and they may have come with us

[Sadam_Husain]

Are there any photos of you guys on the trip drivin through the boulders

Nah it wasnt spectactular enough for photos..... and all you could see was a great big Bus with SKID on the number plates squeezeing their way through the rocks

[skid]

Are there any photos of you guys on the trip drivin through the boulders

Nah it wasnt spectactular enough for photos..... and all you could see was a great big Bus with SKID on the number plates squeezeing their way through the rocks

if it wasn't for the beer brother guidance

it would of been scraping its way thru the bolders

[Jerry]

Rick does get stuck occasionally (whens the 80 coming )

[HJ60]

Hey HJ60, are you the guy in the 60 with the big ass aerials all over it thats always stuck around the coast [/quote]


Grrr ..... get stuck once and they never let you forget it

Have a digi camera now to also record the next ones I tow out.

The great thing about the south coast is that eventually "everyone" gets stuck and 9 times out of 10 someone comes along to help. hj60 (mobile communications centre)

[Sadam_Husain]

The great thing about the south coast is that eventually "everyone" gets stuck and 9 times out of 10 someone comes along to help. hj60 (mobile communications centre)

With the amount of radio gear you've got in the back of that thing Rick you'd be able to reach the US Marines in Iraq to come and tow you out

[HJ60]

Seen in Red Rocks area on Wednesday by someone else:



I expect if there was more rock ready to fall then this sort of water dumping would have moved it so the track should be almost "safe" for a while or until next storm. hj60

[Bubba]

Grrr ..... get stuck once and they never let you forget it

reminds me of a joke about a Indian called "Hasiswayithgoats" "Grrr........ #### one goat and they never let you forget it"