Thread: Recomendations - Kaimanawa Huts

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

my older brother was up clemants road when that hit...i remember going in with Dad to collect him...he walked out leaving car to collect later.

he tells tale,comes across guy using chainsaw with a will clearing trees...introduced himself ,great one of guys missing...and got message out for us to pick him up...the guy still keen to cut the nRon says Xamount of trees between here and there,guy slows up...another X amount between there and somewhere else...guy turns off saw..and another Xamount between there and road end...was huge number 200ish if memory serves me correctly...the amount of windblown trees was unreal,lots of tracks gone and the deer took ages to work new tracks into places..... it makes bush stalking really hard when so many fallen trees for deer to feed in and around...you got to get in close and be able to see them while still keeping quiet and wind correct.
Bola wouldve been ???early 80s???

Cyclone Bola was First couple of days in March of 1988

We were in a shearer’s quarters for the whole thing and it was uncomfortable being around that much rain and wind

When it cleared and the water drained away the farm looked terrible, damaged fences and slips everywhere

Lot of dead stock

I had a Austin gypsy that wouldn’t start so I had to walk to the back homestead and check the fences.

Bola hurt a lot of people on the land