The other end of the road comes out at blue duck station (next to where you put in with the boats) at one point the ta trail used to use the old road from blue duck station to bridge to nowhere landing as part of the trail...
Hi there.. Bit of history on the bridge to nowhere.. There is a road that was built to the bridge to nowhere..(part of a number of roads built in the area Its now a nz cycle trail.. After ww1 returned soldiers was given land in the area with the understanding that the government would build /mantan the road/bridges.. In short it took so long for them to build the bridge (and the land so difficult to farm) that the farmers walked off the land... The river landing where you went to walk the the bridge to nowhere was one end of the road.. Goods/people was brought up/down river by river streamer... There is at least one restored river steamer that runs on the river.. Some times all the way up river to the landing where you was when you did the farm Suff...
The other end of the road comes out at blue duck station (next to where you put in with the boats) at one point the ta trail used to use the old road from blue duck station to bridge to nowhere landing as part of the trail...
Hi there.. Bit of history on the bridge to nowhere..
There is a road that was built to the bridge to nowhere..(part of a number of roads built in the area Its now a nz cycle trail.. After ww1 returned soldiers was given land in the area with the understanding that the government would build /mantan the road/bridges.. In short it took so long for them to build the bridge (and the land so difficult to farm) that the farmers walked off the land... The river landing where you went to walk the the bridge to nowhere was one end of the road.. Goods/people was brought up/down river by river streamer... There is at least one restored river steamer that runs on the river.. Some times all the way up river to the landing where you was when you did the farm Suff...
Thank you so much for sharing more about the history - so interesting!
Fricken awesome! This river section looks amazing!!!!
How much did it cost to have the days on the river?
thanks so much! It was $300 for the canoe hire - about £150
@toughgirlchallenges That's actually really affordable
Mervs accent 😂
Brilliant - such a character!!!!!