Walking around in a quiet little town. "No psshtwww, just a beautiful view". Birds singing. This is by far the most relaxing car related channel on TH-cam. Looking forward to your travels through "no worries mate" Australia. Have a safe journey tomorrow! ✈️🙋
It is especially the countyside, the west coast always get a bit of rain - up here in auckland and most of the country its been dry and sunny and averaging 25-30 degrees for the past few months
Lovely varied episode. Positively a David Attenboroughnut moment going on there with the bird! Fair took my mind off the fact that I am sitting in my Airbnb on day one of my ten day work trip to Germany and tomorrow my newly acquired DAF33 Is delivered to home in the UK. Oh the torture! Oh the anguish!
*Eats unknown biscuit* *Reads AirBnB handbook* "On the top shelf you'll find a container of complimentary dog biscuits for your furry friend (who is definitely not allowed on any of the furniture please)".
Love nz, went there for an airshow in May 2019.Travelled down the east coast from blenheim to queen's Town. 3 degrees Celsius. Scenery is mind blowing, people are wonderful and down to earth. I live in the tropics, Queens land and the cold weather is refreshing. Going back in 2021 to travel down the west coast, south island.
Ive Been down the coast many times , Nelson to Greymouth thru Buller is great then Greymouth to Gueenstown via Hasst Pass/ Wanaka/Cardrona/Arrowtown did it in summer and still some snow to see on the peaks
"Going back in 2021..." Going to the air show again? That would be Classic Fighters Omaka, yes? I have been to the last three and was sitting up in the stand, last year, surrounded by enthusiastic Australians. One couple told me that they love coming over here for the air shows. They said Australian aviation regulations put restrictions on what organisers and pilots can do at air shows. but, in NZ, pilots are allowed to, and I quote, "fly them like they stole them". Be that as it may, I took my best ever desktop photo at CFO 2015, when the Mark XIV Spitfire was making its first public appearance since crashing at Wanaka nineteen years before. I got a photo of John Lamont bringing the Spitfire around the corner of the spectator area, fifty feet off the ground, in an eighty-degree bank, at 400 kph. Epic! Later that year, I had a brief online chat with hm and told him about the photo. He replied that he had the better view...
Great shots all the way with people literally moving house. I must say that I've always loved your soothing and calm almost - RADIO TWO - voice. Keep up the good work!
Really enjoyed the whole NZ part of the trip with fantastic cars, scrappies, scenery and museums etc.. Roll on Australia. Thanks Ian, safe onward journey.
My dad had a Dolomite, which had a blowhole in the side of the block........ :-O Good video Ian, most enjoyable! :-) Odd to realise that Miss Elizabeth Fairmont can (and does!) a little unruly at times!
Remarkable roads and wonderfully narrated driving. Blimey I do enjoy british english. Loved the exploring, sightseeing and walkabout. Well done Ian !🙂 Rich&2 carnivorous kitties LA.CALIF USA
It's somewhat ironic that the birdsong you can hear most is blackbirds and house sparrows, both of which are introduced and both of which (along with starlings and rodents and brushies) are very adaptable. The Weka is related to moorhens, coots, rails and so on (family Rallidae).
When we would beach the boat for a picnic in the sounds, weka's would dash out of the bush line to nick snacks or tea spoons, anything they could grab!, and I too miss the tui, but here in Bucks the sky is full of British red kites, and I mean full, beautiful.
Man and Machine in perfect harmony, man and bird less so. Bedford TJ so cool. Don't thank us for watching man. Thank you for taking the trip and inviting us all. Enjoy.
The more I watch you driving around in Betty the more I want a big comfy floaty car in my life. Thanks for the videos, I hope you continue to have a great trip.
I love the fact you can get a load that wide trundling down the road, yet there is hardly anything stuck behind it. If that was traveling along any road in the UK you can guarantee it would have several miles of traffic stuck behind it. I just love how unpopulated New Zealand is compared to the UK. A lovely place indeed.
Delightful vid Mr HubNut, thank you very much. The wildlife looks delightful and it was lovely to hear Betty 'lighting-up' those tyres as well. (Loved the J Series Bedford). Great stuff.
itchy boots is a lot of fun. i always feel like a mouse in her pocket. that bird was like, "whacha got fer me hooman? nuffin? bollocks!" love the hotel cars. you never seem to miss one, it's like you can smell the rust of old vehicles and can't pass them by. It's a truly remarkable skill to possess. i guess that's why you're the hub nut. ;)
Thanks, Ian, for your great work. Wow, you got to "Murch" or Murchison, famous for the Magnitude 7.1 1968 Inangahua earthquake, which I studied and prompted me to go there some years back. I started watching your videos because you drive the vehicles I like and learned about on my first trip to NZ 42 years ago. I'm pleased to see parts of NZ I haven't visited on my trips there. Keep up the good work, I've enjoyed your UK videos and scenery, and support from here in California. Good on you!
That wide load looked more like a community centre than a house to me. Natural views can be stunning but abandoned structures or sites where man has been mucking about are always interesting for their history even if only as an example of what not to do in the future and also how quickly nature moves starts to move back if left alone. Small town NZ was well worth the wander as well
At that beach where the cones were enjoying the view , is a fantastic place to find fossils .Especially giant crabs embedded in Rock. Everytie there is slip there are more uncovered. And that front clip off a car in Murch is a Holden .
Hope you enjoyed your last day Ian in NZ, safe travels to Aussie. I loved your videos here and I have travelled extensively around NZ in my backpacking days and you sir brought it all back to me. I have travelled around Aussie and spoiler alert it's not as visually stunning as NZ except for WA. I done the same way and done Aussie after NZ then Asia then the UK but then I got depressed at home at Xmas and missed NZ so I came back and made it home. That was 12 years ago, time has flown by. Good luck sir keep up the great videos and no stress in putting them out!
Dolomite point reminds me of flamborough head especially @7:13 where you can get in the cove at low tide coming from from the north landing boat launch and then become trapped if it were not for the carved out steps in the rock. Great video.
I'm enjoying your videos from NZ a lot. Many familiar places in this one!I drove the road up to Denniston as well, and it was fun to drive.The railway incline was very intriguing, we had better weather however and could look down the incline, and also visited the bottom station, but the place is slowly (I mean very slowly) under repair, those new planks are the only difference in 10 years?I bought me a book about the incline when I was there and it explained a lot.Wekas are not shy at all, we were at a campsite in Westport and a Weka came from the bushes and tried our Grolsch beer from the bottle!NiceToyota HiAce, I used to have one of this generation, but that's 25 years ago, virtually unbreakable, until someone crashes into it.
They had grand plans to develop a tourism train at Deniston. They spent millions, then priced it too high not to mention the remote location and now its all fallen over. The incline was a marvel of engineering at the time. The full coal wagons descending the incline would pull the empty wagons back up the hill. It was also the only way up or down the hill except for a bridle track. There’s also a burning mine further out the back down the power line track.
Stunning! You are right about the sing-song of the birds, surprising and delightful! While near the edge of the cliffs, my anxiety kicked in. Yes, it makes me extremely nervous even though it is on video! And those winding roads! I thought Betty would have a better TCS! Wishing you a safe journey to Australia 🇦🇺!
Good video Ian. You can always do "The natural world by Hubnut" if you ever plan a subject matter change. Looking forward to seeing your further adventures.
Enjoyed the hill climb! Very Historic area for NZ. Great wee bushwalk Ian compete with Weka. Spent six weeks once at Pancake Rocks camping lovely hot holiday no rain. Dust and Rust looked interesting. Thanks for the birdlife!
Another superb vid.....these really are the best way to start your day (along with a cup of tea obviously). Betty's farewell party tonight then - before a safe trip over to Australia. If you are (I believe) flying into Sydney, if you get the chance, I think you'd really enjoy 'Harry's Pies' - they've got four outlets in Syd. Buying an Opal Card is also the way to go Ian if you want to explore by bus and train in NSW.
Beautiful country. I wish I had taken the opportunity to visit when my Sister and Brother in law were working out there. I'm glad you are feeling less broken. Have a safe uneventful onward journey to Australia.
I enjoyed that! I think I've never visited anywhere in NZ that feels more desolate than Denniston. You really have to go there to appreciate that. It's hard to believe a bustling town used to exist on that rocky plateau. Apparently there was so little soil up there, on the cloud shrouded plateau, that burials had to take place at the bottom of the hill!! I have some relatives buried there. My great grandfather was a foreman at the mine which I only found out afterwards. At the time of my visit I had no idea I had any connections to the area. It's a real shame it was so wet for you for your visit...not that there's much to see up there anymore. For others reading this, do visit "Coaltown " museum in Westport, if it's still there, for a good history on coal mining in the region, and on Denniston. Also, rail has an interesting history too, and is still going of course. ( There's a couple of great novels about life in Denniston "Denniston Rose" and " Heart of Coal", by Jenny Pattrick)
My great great grandparents were also at Denniston, they lived there for quite some time so I believe. Would also like to go and visit the place one day.
@Ex JW Rupunzelsawake. And lets not forget, Coal Town was the former Morleys Brewery, which was a large and successful employer of local people. During the 1950s as a young man i drove trucks for Craddocks Transport. One of my duties occasionally was to shovel the used hops from a large open tank, onto a shute and down the shute onto the truck where i would deliver it to a local stock farm.. I also knew many men who worked at the Sullivan Mine at Denniston and also at the Millerton and Stockton open cast and underground mines. My eldest brother was a linesman for the Post and Telegraph Department and often did repairs to telephone lines at Denniston, sometimes i accompanied him as a boy, it was like going to another planet especially in winter, when Denniston was always shrouded in low cloud, and i often wondered why people would choose to live there. I reside in the Wellington Province now. Robert. 79yo.
@@Rupunzelsawake Hello, lovely to hear from you, I was born at Kawatiri Maternity Hospital Westport, the site is now occupied by the Buller Workingmens Club. I live at Lower Hutt. Robert.
Fantastic 😎 it's a shame about the weather but looks very interesting. Ha, that's a cool bird thing that came closer to you. A lot less destructive than that parrot thing that landed on your roof and tried to pick off your trim 😎
Beautiful video Ian the places where your visiting are fascinating to see bet you will miss the country once it's time to leave but as they say no place like home keep safe buddy Rob
What a place. It's almost too much for my simple mind to take in. I can imagine a Morris Oxford series iii in the UK, I had one for a couple of years. A 1957. I was the second owner in 1979. The First owner was a lovely guy who was 87 at the time. He gave up driving a few months before I bought the car. I felt like I was buying his child.
Itchy feet is no scruff! I specialize in the beard brunch, 11 am. followed by, two zess, Then afternoon slurp, Once you matured the function of the day becomes an art. Live with art. Cheers
Pleased to hear you have been taking it far more easy mate and glad to hear you are feeling so much better. You certainly were having fun with those twisty bits. Loved the old coal tramway too. I continue to enjoy following your adventures. :-) As always thank you for sharing.
Another great video Ian. Keep up the good work mate, but obviously without wearing yourself out. You’re car reviews are class as always but I think it’s lovely when you d deviate from the norm of you’re great channel and show other things. Hubnut will always be a Hub nutters channel, but honestly & I think I speak on behalf of all you’re subscribers we really appreciate the other content you produce. Kudos to you sir you’re work is brilliant👍
That's what Middle Earth looks like then. What an interesting place, reminds me of one of your videos of Wales, also seems to be a great place to take photos.
Good your taking it a bit easy yes that you been very busy on this trip to our fair islands ,austrailia is having some big storms at the moment after their huge fires
MrButtonpresser. Kellogs are a truly odious company. Their contempt for the environment, Farmers and even their customers is well publicised. Never buy anything from them.
NZ is now my next destination as a result of watching your travels Ian, thank you. UK viewers - tonight (Sunday 19/01) @ 8pm there is a 2.5hr tv show on BBC4 simply travelling across NZ - I think it's "slow TV"!
It would help if the Fairmont had independent rear suspension but it doesn't. AWD would help as well - I'd love to drive along there in my Legacy Spec B. Northumberland has roads like that which I love driving on but the views aren't quite as spectacular - it pains me to say that as a proud Northumbrian but it's a fact. The key thing is to get decent tyres - yes they cost a lot but if it makes the difference between crashing and being dead or not then I'll spend the £600 for good tyres and live - thank you very much.
In 1988, one of my early cars was a MkI '68 Triumph 1300 (FWD) One day it was an oil tight 63,000ml little beauty that needed some minor welding & paint to a flipping blowhole and a half overnight ! Crikey ,it was mess 😯
I would *not* have walked down those steps to visit the camp..."oh this looks safe..." :O *covers eyes* Even though I know this was recorded a few weeks back, I still get scared you're going to fall or otherwise injure yourself. I know I know, worrying probably far too much and after the event(s), just stay safe please. :)
I feel EXACTLY the same way! I have always had a fear of heights, but twenty years ago I had a panic attack driving over a bridge, alone. So, watching heights even on video kicks in my anxiety, something I cannot control!
General hooning around the bends followed by a natural history bonanza - only on HubNut ! :-) . Must be away with the birds off to Aussie by the time he reads this.
I naively thought that New Zealand would have nicer weather in December. Loved that Austin truck near the end. It's interesting how the front windows hinge up along with the wipers.
The weather is all due to the Southern Alps. Wind and water comes in off the Tasman Sea onto the west coast, hits the Alps and promptly dumps all the moisture. That's why it's one of the wettest places on the planet in terms of rainfall. And why, if it's raining on the West Coast it's usually fine on the east coast, and vice versa - if the weather shifts so it's raining on the east coast then it's usually fine on the west coast.
January through to early April is when the weather settles down in NZ and becomes mostly calm and clear. As other commentators have said, the West Coast of the South Island has its own weather which backs up against the mountains - which means the East Coast is often a blazing furnace in the summer. And yup, theres a different breed of folk that live down there - think Australian outback characters or Appalachian hill billies 🤣
Just about rains every day on the coast , theres a small town 20mins inland from Greymouth called Blackball its worth a visit to the Blackball Hilton ( its not what you think ! )
@@jonlyons1033 yes indeed ! Haha not uncommon to see greenery growing on the front porch in full view decorated with red xmas tree balls masquerading as tomatos:-D
Lovely stuff Mr H, more beautiful sights of New Zealand, including wildlife and birdsong. Was I alone though in depressing my imaginary brake pedal as you pressed on up that mountain. Yikes!
Ian, all this inception style stuff of editing epidsode 28 while we are watching episode 33, then having comments from the two weeks in the future (re audio) is doing ma head in. :-) in a nice way.
Nature and Industrial Archeology, HubNut forever expanding in diversity and subject matter.... Keep it going Ian, very much enjoyed thanks for posting. However I don't think David Attenborough or Time Team have too much to worry about :-).
Well, good luck with the trip across the ditch tomorrow Ian. Fingers crossed we can have a catch up in Sydney. Did you find Betty a new home?? PS Sydney's going to be flippin' humid this week, mid 30s with a bit of rain.
Kiwis never travel from south to north on the West Coast (SI) because that is the direction that the weather moves, up the coast, so the weather stays with you. Not so good if it is raining. We travel from north to south to break through any bad weather that moves through!
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Walking around in a quiet little town. "No psshtwww, just a beautiful view". Birds singing.
This is by far the most relaxing car related channel on TH-cam. Looking forward to your travels through "no worries mate" Australia. Have a safe journey tomorrow! ✈️🙋
New Zealand still looks lovely in the bad weather as well
It is especially the countyside, the west coast always get a bit of rain - up here in auckland and most of the country its been dry and sunny and averaging 25-30 degrees for the past few months
We too were very impressed by the kiwi's ability to make features like pancake rocks accessible without ruining the landscape in the process loved NZ.
This is the best the majority of us will see of these remote lands - but even HubNut can't control the weather, so all very much appreciated! 👍🏻
Lovely lovely lovely video! Not many people I could watch muttering to themselves while driving along. Charming and interesting! Thank you!
No ptchoo, just a beautiful view....Pure poetry, Ian!
Liked how you made friends with that bird. Appreciating nature which is plentiful in NZ
What a wonderfully pleasant 21 minutes, roads, great landscapes old rusty motors, birds, cheers Ian.
Lovely varied episode. Positively a David Attenboroughnut moment going on there with the bird! Fair took my mind off the fact that I am sitting in my Airbnb on day one of my ten day work trip to Germany and tomorrow my newly acquired DAF33 Is delivered to home in the UK. Oh the torture! Oh the anguish!
My grandfather was born in Denniston and worked the Banbury mine
Either with sunshine or rain , NZ still offers amazing and unique landscapes.
*Eats unknown biscuit*
*Reads AirBnB handbook*
"On the top shelf you'll find a container of complimentary dog biscuits for your furry friend (who is definitely not allowed on any of the furniture please)".
They're called Nutrigrain known as 'Iron man food' basically a grain mash held together with sugar.
Funnily enough, I was half-expecting a grimace followed by "Dog biscuits. Bugger."
Love nz, went there for an airshow in May 2019.Travelled down the east coast from blenheim to queen's Town. 3 degrees Celsius. Scenery is mind blowing, people are wonderful and down to earth. I live in the tropics, Queens land and the cold weather is refreshing. Going back in 2021 to travel down the west coast, south island.
I'm a NZer, and visited Brisbane and the Gladstone area back in August 2019. Queensland is nice too.
Ive Been down the coast many times , Nelson to Greymouth thru Buller is great then Greymouth to Gueenstown via Hasst Pass/ Wanaka/Cardrona/Arrowtown did it in summer and still some snow to see on the peaks
"Going back in 2021..."
Going to the air show again? That would be Classic Fighters Omaka, yes? I have been to the last three and was sitting up in the stand, last year, surrounded by enthusiastic Australians. One couple told me that they love coming over here for the air shows. They said Australian aviation regulations put restrictions on what organisers and pilots can do at air shows. but, in NZ, pilots are allowed to, and I quote, "fly them like they stole them".
Be that as it may, I took my best ever desktop photo at CFO 2015, when the Mark XIV Spitfire was making its first public appearance since crashing at Wanaka nineteen years before. I got a photo of John Lamont bringing the Spitfire around the corner of the spectator area, fifty feet off the ground, in an eighty-degree bank, at 400 kph. Epic!
Later that year, I had a brief online chat with hm and told him about the photo. He replied that he had the better view...
Great shots all the way with people literally moving house. I must say that I've always loved your soothing and calm almost - RADIO TWO - voice. Keep up the good work!
All these towns in my mind I always can imagine horse and carriages happily chattering down the high streets
Chill out, positive vibes coming from this video, the feathery personage at 15:50 especially.
The Weka was a real wild child.. Great presentation Ian, appreciate it! X
Really enjoyed the whole NZ part of the trip with fantastic cars, scrappies, scenery and museums etc..
Roll on Australia.
Thanks Ian, safe onward journey.
My dad had a Dolomite, which had a blowhole in the side of the block........ :-O
Good video Ian, most enjoyable! :-)
Odd to realise that Miss Elizabeth Fairmont can (and does!) a little unruly at times!
The stillness of it all is something to behold.
Wow , absolutely gorgeous scenery. The little town looks like a nice quiet place too. Another lovely video Ian 👍
Fantastic. Truly fantastic.
So chilled and relaxing.
Priceless.
Remarkable roads and wonderfully narrated driving. Blimey I do enjoy british english.
Loved the exploring, sightseeing and walkabout. Well
done Ian !🙂
Rich&2 carnivorous kitties LA.CALIF USA
West coast is beautiful when the rain holds off.
Shame you're leaving us tomorrow mate, was a pleasure to meet you at the car museum.
Your lucky I was hoping to meet him when he was in Dunedin, sadly it was not to be.
It's somewhat ironic that the birdsong you can hear most is blackbirds and house sparrows, both of which are introduced and both of which (along with starlings and rodents and brushies) are very adaptable. The Weka is related to moorhens, coots, rails and so on (family Rallidae).
Thanks for the info . I'm in England and was thinking "that's a Coot ?!" ☺️👍
Ah! I thought the Weka had a Corncrake, Moorhen look about it.
The bird song was something I missed living in London - the Tui is especially vocal and that's the first Weka this Kiwi has seen in the wild!
When we would beach the boat for a picnic in the sounds, weka's would dash out of the bush line to nick snacks or tea spoons, anything they could grab!, and I too miss the tui, but here in Bucks the sky is full of British red kites, and I mean full, beautiful.
Richmond is good for birdsong :)
Fantastic video ian, lovey to see the scenery and wildlife, thanks for sharing, and have a safe onward journey.
That old recovery truck is like something off hills of eyes 👀, hope you’re having a good time.
Lol , I was thinking the same , they look menacing don't they ?!
Shaun W they do look menacing lol could make a film set there.
@@paulillingworth1242 Yes that's it lol 😊
Weather looking very Welsh! A beautiful country - thank you for showing us around. :-)
fine mellow outdoor walkabout . tame bird , dolomite rocks happy trails Ian !
Man and Machine in perfect harmony, man and bird less so. Bedford TJ so cool. Don't thank us for watching man. Thank you for taking the trip and inviting us all. Enjoy.
The more I watch you driving around in Betty the more I want a big comfy floaty car in my life. Thanks for the videos, I hope you continue to have a great trip.
I think there's a lot to like about that car.
I love the fact you can get a load that wide trundling down the road, yet there is hardly anything stuck behind it. If that was traveling along any road in the UK you can guarantee it would have several miles of traffic stuck behind it. I just love how unpopulated New Zealand is compared to the UK. A lovely place indeed.
South Island has a smaller population than Auckland. It's very sparse.
@@HubNut And that suits us South Islanders just fine.
Nice to see you going all David Attenborough with the weka footage. Great stuff.
Delightful vid Mr HubNut, thank you very much. The wildlife looks delightful and it was lovely to hear Betty 'lighting-up' those tyres as well. (Loved the J Series Bedford). Great stuff.
That old bull nose bedford brought back memories, i used to drive one years ago delivering milk for the co op ,😁👍
Excellent. I love the mysteriousness of those misty hills and the deserted mine. Good Luck in Australia, Mr Hub
itchy boots is a lot of fun. i always feel like a mouse in her pocket. that bird was like, "whacha got fer me hooman? nuffin? bollocks!" love the hotel cars. you never seem to miss one, it's like you can smell the rust of old vehicles and can't pass them by. It's a truly remarkable skill to possess. i guess that's why you're the hub nut. ;)
Thanks, Ian, for your great work. Wow, you got to "Murch" or Murchison, famous for the Magnitude 7.1 1968 Inangahua earthquake, which I studied and prompted me to go there some years back. I started watching your videos because you drive the vehicles I like and learned about on my first trip to NZ 42 years ago. I'm pleased to see parts of NZ I haven't visited on my trips there. Keep up the good work, I've enjoyed your UK videos and scenery, and support from here in California. Good on you!
Kellog's Nutrigrain the broken biscuit cereal is.
Yummy, but not very healthy!
I liked the old and new Hi-aces staring at each other!
I have since discovered it. Addictive stuff.
it made my ears pop just watching that mountain drive!
That wide load looked more like a community centre than a house to me. Natural views can be stunning but abandoned structures or sites where man has been mucking about are always interesting for their history even if only as an example of what not to do in the future and also how quickly nature moves starts to move back if left alone. Small town NZ was well worth the wander as well
Fab journey ..... Loving the David Attenborough vibe at the mines 😃
At that beach where the cones were enjoying the view , is a fantastic place to find fossils .Especially giant crabs embedded in Rock. Everytie there is slip there are more uncovered. And that front clip off a car in Murch is a Holden .
New Zealand - even in crappy weather, it's paradise.
For me, the blackbird’s song is the most exquisite! ❤️
Beautiful nature moment with the bird. And again a beautiful area that you drive through.
Hope you enjoyed your last day Ian in NZ, safe travels to Aussie. I loved your videos here and I have travelled extensively around NZ in my backpacking days and you sir brought it all back to me. I have travelled around Aussie and spoiler alert it's not as visually stunning as NZ except for WA. I done the same way and done Aussie after NZ then Asia then the UK but then I got depressed at home at Xmas and missed NZ so I came back and made it home. That was 12 years ago, time has flown by. Good luck sir keep up the great videos and no stress in putting them out!
I really like both Kenworths. Hope to see a lot more big trucks in the future NZ and Oz video’s.
Dolomite point reminds me of flamborough head especially @7:13 where you can get in the cove at low tide coming from from the north landing boat launch and then become trapped if it were not for the carved out steps in the rock.
Great video.
I'm enjoying your videos from NZ a lot. Many familiar places in this one!I drove the road up to Denniston as well, and it was fun to drive.The railway incline was very intriguing, we had better weather however and could look down the incline, and also visited the bottom station, but the place is slowly (I mean very slowly) under repair, those new planks are the only difference in 10 years?I bought me a book about the incline when I was there and it explained a lot.Wekas are not shy at all, we were at a campsite in Westport and a Weka came from the bushes and tried our Grolsch beer from the bottle!NiceToyota HiAce, I used to have one of this generation, but that's 25 years ago, virtually unbreakable, until someone crashes into it.
They had grand plans to develop a tourism train at Deniston. They spent millions, then priced it too high not to mention the remote location and now its all fallen over.
The incline was a marvel of engineering at the time. The full coal wagons descending the incline would pull the empty wagons back up the hill. It was also the only way up or down the hill except for a bridle track.
There’s also a burning mine further out the back down the power line track.
Stunning! You are right about the sing-song of the birds, surprising and delightful!
While near the edge of the cliffs, my anxiety kicked in. Yes, it makes me extremely nervous even though it is on video! And those winding roads! I thought Betty would have a better TCS!
Wishing you a safe journey to Australia 🇦🇺!
Good video Ian. You can always do "The natural world by Hubnut" if you ever plan a subject matter change. Looking forward to seeing your further adventures.
Enjoyed the hill climb! Very Historic area for NZ. Great wee bushwalk Ian compete with Weka. Spent six weeks once at Pancake Rocks camping lovely hot holiday no rain. Dust and Rust looked interesting. Thanks for the birdlife!
Another superb vid.....these really are the best way to start your day (along with a cup of tea obviously). Betty's farewell party tonight then - before a safe trip over to Australia. If you are (I believe) flying into Sydney, if you get the chance, I think you'd really enjoy 'Harry's Pies' - they've got four outlets in Syd. Buying an Opal Card is also the way to go Ian if you want to explore by bus and train in NSW.
Beautiful country. I wish I had taken the opportunity to visit when my Sister and Brother in law were working out there.
I'm glad you are feeling less broken. Have a safe uneventful onward journey to Australia.
I enjoyed that! I think I've never visited anywhere in NZ that feels more desolate than Denniston. You really have to go there to appreciate that. It's hard to believe a bustling town used to exist on that rocky plateau. Apparently there was so little soil up there, on the cloud shrouded plateau, that burials had to take place at the bottom of the hill!! I have some relatives buried there. My great grandfather was a foreman at the mine which I only found out afterwards. At the time of my visit I had no idea I had any connections to the area. It's a real shame it was so wet for you for your visit...not that there's much to see up there anymore. For others reading this, do visit "Coaltown " museum in Westport, if it's still there, for a good history on coal mining in the region, and on Denniston. Also, rail has an interesting history too, and is still going of course. ( There's a couple of great novels about life in Denniston "Denniston Rose" and " Heart of Coal", by Jenny Pattrick)
My great great grandparents were also at Denniston, they lived there for quite some time so I believe. Would also like to go and visit the place one day.
@Ex JW Rupunzelsawake. And lets not forget, Coal Town was the former Morleys Brewery, which was a large and successful employer of local people. During the 1950s as a young man i drove trucks for Craddocks Transport.
One of my duties occasionally was to shovel the used hops from a large open tank, onto a shute and down the shute onto the truck where i would deliver it to a local stock farm.. I also knew many men who worked at the Sullivan Mine at Denniston
and also at the Millerton and Stockton open cast and underground mines. My eldest brother was a linesman for the Post and Telegraph Department and often did repairs to telephone lines at Denniston, sometimes i accompanied him as a boy,
it was like going to another planet especially in winter, when Denniston was always shrouded in low cloud, and i often wondered why people would choose to live there. I reside in the Wellington Province now. Robert. 79yo.
@@daddybob6096 How interesting! I'm also in Wellington!
@@Rupunzelsawake Hello, lovely to hear from you, I was born at Kawatiri Maternity Hospital Westport, the site is now occupied by the Buller Workingmens Club. I live at Lower Hutt. Robert.
A lovely little film Ian, well done!
Fantastic 😎 it's a shame about the weather but looks very interesting. Ha, that's a cool bird thing that came closer to you. A lot less destructive than that parrot thing that landed on your roof and tried to pick off your trim 😎
Those twisty roads remind me of great drives on the back roads of Northumberland in my brothers old capri and (later) Mk2 Escort. Happy Days!
Relaxing looking place
Beautiful video Ian the places where your visiting are fascinating to see bet you will miss the country once it's time to leave but as they say no place like home keep safe buddy Rob
What a place. It's almost too much for my simple mind to take in. I can imagine a Morris Oxford series iii in the UK, I had one for a couple of years. A 1957. I was the second owner in 1979. The First owner was a lovely guy who was 87 at the time. He gave up driving a few months before I bought the car. I felt like I was buying his child.
The wet coast.
With all that Bad weather and yet your car "Betty" always looks so clean! Wheels are always bright silver no brake dust anywhere to be seen lol.
Itchy feet is no scruff! I specialize in the beard brunch, 11 am. followed by, two zess, Then afternoon slurp, Once you matured the function of the day becomes an art. Live with art. Cheers
Pleased to hear you have been taking it far more easy mate and glad to hear you are feeling so much better. You certainly were having fun with those twisty bits. Loved the old coal tramway too. I continue to enjoy following your adventures. :-) As always thank you for sharing.
More pleasant Hubnut peregrinations, thanks.
thoroughly enjoying your videos!
Another great video Ian. Keep up the good work mate, but obviously without wearing yourself out. You’re car reviews are class as always but I think it’s lovely when you d deviate from the norm of you’re great channel and show other things. Hubnut will always be a Hub nutters channel, but honestly & I think I speak on behalf of all you’re subscribers we really appreciate the other content you produce. Kudos to you sir you’re work is brilliant👍
That's what Middle Earth looks like then. What an interesting place, reminds me of one of your videos of Wales, also seems to be a great place to take photos.
Those twisty roads would make a challenging rally stage.
16:47 that looks very Much like the view of the view over Chesil Beach coming down the hill down into Abbotsbury in Dorset
That generation of Honda Crossroad looks like the love child of a Honda Pilot and Element.
Good your taking it a bit easy yes that you been very busy on this trip to our fair islands ,austrailia is having some big storms at the moment after their huge fires
Mystery cereal looks like Kellogs "Nutri Grain". Sold as a health choice but laced with sugar!
Not laced. Read the packet. I think it works out close to 30%!!!
MrButtonpresser. Kellogs are a truly odious company. Their contempt for the environment, Farmers and even their customers is well publicised. Never buy anything from them.
NZ is now my next destination as a result of watching your travels Ian, thank you. UK viewers - tonight (Sunday 19/01) @ 8pm there is a 2.5hr tv show on BBC4 simply travelling across NZ - I think it's "slow TV"!
@Paolo G Train, boat and car apparently.
Enjoy the freedom to walk around in nature and not get killed 😄
I love the sight seeing parts of your videos
Lovely Jubbly, picture quality excellent Mr HubNut.
Very nice video really enjoyed it, Mike in Durham England 😆
9:21 drive it like you stole it lol
Yep and that's the reason so many tourists come to grief driving on our roads.
It would help if the Fairmont had independent rear suspension but it doesn't. AWD would help as well - I'd love to drive along there in my Legacy Spec B. Northumberland has roads like that which I love driving on but the views aren't quite as spectacular - it pains me to say that as a proud Northumbrian but it's a fact. The key thing is to get decent tyres - yes they cost a lot but if it makes the difference between crashing and being dead or not then I'll spend the £600 for good tyres and live - thank you very much.
Small town NZ looks to have a really frontier town feel to it.
Very much. A lot of gold-rush towns about.
You have had some great lil air B and B I’ve noticed.
@5:47 I'll always remember when my father's old Dolomite would develop a blow hole. Which would be each month.
In 1988, one of my early cars was a MkI '68 Triumph 1300 (FWD) One day it was an oil tight 63,000ml little beauty that needed some minor welding & paint to a flipping blowhole and a half overnight ! Crikey ,it was mess 😯
We need more food reviews, variety for the channel 😂😂😂 my personal favourite is still the European fruity yoghurt drinks reviews
I would *not* have walked down those steps to visit the camp..."oh this looks safe..." :O *covers eyes*
Even though I know this was recorded a few weeks back, I still get scared you're going to fall or otherwise injure yourself. I know I know, worrying probably far too much and after the event(s), just stay safe please. :)
I feel EXACTLY the same way! I have always had a fear of heights, but twenty years ago I had a panic attack driving over a bridge, alone. So, watching heights even on video kicks in my anxiety, something I cannot control!
General hooning around the bends followed by a natural history bonanza - only on HubNut ! :-) . Must be away with the birds off to Aussie by the time he reads this.
That shower would make a good windscreen washer, might be something to experiment with
I naively thought that New Zealand would have nicer weather in December.
Loved that Austin truck near the end. It's interesting how the front windows hinge up along with the wipers.
The weather is all due to the Southern Alps. Wind and water comes in off the Tasman Sea onto the west coast, hits the Alps and promptly dumps all the moisture. That's why it's one of the wettest places on the planet in terms of rainfall. And why, if it's raining on the West Coast it's usually fine on the east coast, and vice versa - if the weather shifts so it's raining on the east coast then it's usually fine on the west coast.
@Jimmy Rustled different *in*breed you mean. ;)
January through to early April is when the weather settles down in NZ and becomes mostly calm and clear. As other commentators have said, the West Coast of the South Island has its own weather which backs up against the mountains - which means the East Coast is often a blazing furnace in the summer. And yup, theres a different breed of folk that live down there - think Australian outback characters or Appalachian hill billies 🤣
Lol the rainfall on the west coast (of the south island) is measured in metres, compered to millimetres everywhere else. It is always raining.
Denniston is in Glasgow Merchiston is in Edinburgh, that weather looks like Scotland in Summer.
Just about rains every day on the coast , theres a small town 20mins inland from Greymouth called Blackball its worth a visit to the Blackball Hilton ( its not what you think ! )
mr G I visited an eccentric chap who lived over the river in inungahua? Once, wonderful place.
Nice erm...greenery.
@@jonlyons1033 yes indeed ! Haha not uncommon to see greenery growing on the front porch in full view decorated with red xmas tree balls masquerading as tomatos:-D
my uncle Rex used to own the general store in Blackball
@@skyhawknz6204 me mum lived at 28 Clifford st and was barmaid at the club hotel
Lovely stuff Mr H, more beautiful sights of New Zealand, including wildlife and birdsong. Was I alone though in depressing my imaginary brake pedal as you pressed on up that mountain. Yikes!
profrumpo
. He doesn't half like a play, our Ian - thought I was watchin' "Pikes Peak" there for a minute.
Ian, all this inception style stuff of editing epidsode 28 while we are watching episode 33, then having comments from the two weeks in the future (re audio) is doing ma head in. :-) in a nice way.
7.40 you could be looking at one of the bays near Cwmtydu except the greenery is slightly wrong! lol
Nature and Industrial Archeology, HubNut forever expanding in diversity and subject matter.... Keep it going Ian, very much enjoyed thanks for posting. However I don't think David Attenborough or Time Team have too much to worry about :-).
Well, good luck with the trip across the ditch tomorrow Ian. Fingers crossed we can have a catch up in Sydney. Did you find Betty a new home?? PS Sydney's going to be flippin' humid this week, mid 30s with a bit of rain.
Kiwis never travel from south to north on the West Coast (SI) because that is the direction that the weather moves, up the coast, so the weather stays with you. Not so good if it is raining.
We travel from north to south to break through any bad weather that moves through!
Denniston Road is a great well known Hillclimbing Road matter of fact there is a Hillclimb coming up very soon