Waitahu track at Reefton

[Bulletproof]

We heard at Reefton over xmas that the track to the hut is now undriveable and no 4 wheel drives have been up the Waitahu since the big flood.

Over Xmas we decided to have a look. There are 4 big sections of the road gone but by climbing in and out of the Waitahu river it can still be done. The boulders are quite big in places . We have cleared the trees so that is not a problem.

A video clip of Kerry Smith entering the river in one of the washed out sections.



Cheers Richard

[hosehustler]

Jeepers thats changed heaps Richard, it was always going to happen there at that point eventually, and going to get worse during further floods, we got stuck at the hut a couple of years back and that was as far as we could get from the hut for a few days till the river went down.
Looks like you guys had fun

[Bulletproof]

Hi Tim, Did you work through this year ?

You can see how the flood has made a mess of trees on this corner of the road.

Short video clip



Cheers Richard

[hosehustler]

yes finished work on the 28th