I see lots of noise in many clips, cant wait for lumix to make a full frame light body s5iii with 4k 60 oversampled non crop camera with their own sensor technology not just from sony!!!
Back in the war the Americans wanted to build a bridge right through the centre of the gorge river but they went with the carving of the road instead. Should the river ever get dammed up in an earthquake woodville from the bottom of the coppermine hill to the entirety of ashurst and palmerston north have about 3hrs before they are completely flooded. The last big flood my daughters poppa remembers walking ontop of the railway tracks and the water slyshing halfway up his gumboots and watching cows float by below the tracks but above the road track. As a kid the gorge road was brutal i never made it through without vomiting multiple times, it toik around 20 mins to make it from 1 end to the other and by the age of 50 you could ( but shouldnt) get from 1 end to the other in just on 7mins if you knew the road. It also had its own local lads that filled their yellow mini with a keg of beer and just like the blondini crew in gd bye pork pie they set off for invercargill, HOWEVER, they didnt make past the ashurst end of the gorge after been accosted by the local coppa and dragged home to their parents they were at the time only 15years of age. Lol. I miss the gorge.
Hey @johnnyHendrikus thanks for sharing, really cool video. I’m heading there in next couple of weeks to climb to summit. As an alternative to starting out from the T Crossing carpark I was considering starting at Whakapapa village, heading towards the lakes, bivvy/ camp close to base then ascending from the SW side of volcano. In your view, does the gradient on SW aide allow for this?
We need to protect these waters, especially with the issue of didymo. Make sure your hiking boots and footwear are clean before entering. Not sure that they have facilities for this on the farm, so go prepped.
Interesting…have you tried using the hero for the fpv view? Youre not flying so fast that the latency would be an issue…and i expect the 10 is a lot faster than the 4…
Man you got to capture the most amazing team performing against a very formidable opponent team and you captured their haka as well a beautiful display of passion and fury
I’m new to drones! What does it mean to have this drone + the go pro? Which footage is the one im looking at? Is the clip from both combined or how does this work??? Dope footage tho!!!
It's the clip from the go pro, Dji fpv is the drone, and gopro hero 10 is the camera that record the footage. The dji fpv camera is only useful for the pilot
There are a lot of roads in NZ that are a land slide or Major flood away from permanent closure..the road to Westport along the Buller river is the one I'm most familiar with..the repairs are of the standard you would expect on a road that's close to being abandoned in the near future!!!.♥️🇳🇿
Our family traveled that road many times in the 50's & 60s, last I drove on it was about 35yrs ago under overhead rock faces, 🥴 As a 5yr old I remember riding in a red passenger train & watching the cars traveling along from the other side.
Similar - first memory as a 6 year old. I was travelling alone from PN to Masterton. Elderly Road Services (?) bus got a flat tyre in the middle of the gorge. Everyone hopped off the bus while the menfolk got the hard yards done by the light of car headlights, thanks to other motorists. No cell phones of course, so frantic family friends waiting in Masterton. Only 45 minutes late! Used to love travelling to Hastings Blossom Festival, then in the New Year, travelling there for a boot full ('37 Ford) of sacks of fruit for Mum to bottle. The gorge was always fascinating - a highlight on any trips through to Wairarapa or Hawkes Bay.
@Aj C I remember those Blossom Festivals in the 60s, we had a peach orchard (they were the size of large apples). Those waiting for the late bus would have thaught the worst at the time.
Yes Iv driven thru here for many years 80s - 2000s since it's closing Iv ridden thru on my bike like most have "enjoyable ride" feed/kai in Woody then ride back couple cold ones in Ashurst DAMN good day out!!🙂
Its not the only abandoned area, Mangamuka, Northland is the same. On the Number 1 highway, fractured by a previous storm. Now people wanting to get to Kaitaia further north via the No.1 Highway, have have no choice but to search out alternative routes. But, no one would have known, when or how devastated roads and gorges would have been impacted in our country. Look at Mohaka gorge,... devastated by mother nature.... just one of several areas drowned and taken out by the masse flooding. We arent the only country being hit either. Global warming.... Truely frightening.
Fantastic video guys, I went and visited the Woodville end for the first time since it closed in 2017, I only went as far as the first locked gate but it was still great to see the road again nonetheless. It’s crazy just how much nature has taken back in 5 years. Also I’m just watching some of your other videos too, interesting stuff.
