Local ride 14th Aug 2026

[KiwiCol]

Going up a very familiar hill just after Big Totara River, I come round a bend to a landslip that's just happened.  Was travelling about 112-115k's going up, reckon I went through the rocks and clay about 85-90k's.  I'll try and include a working link to the video.  Nope, it's not having it. I'll grab a few stills off the video then.







I'm gonna die!


Close


Remember these utes and caravans were going at highway speed, they came round the corner and see the slip and a ute & bike on their side of the road.

[KiwiCol]

Couple more when the caravans come round.

I'm gonna die this time . . .


Dodged the bullets and the rocks!



You just never know when a hillside is going to collapse onto the road round here, worst one I've come across on this bit.  I knew I wasn't going to be able to stop before intersecting with the slip, so I just concentrated keeping off the brakes and rolling through it (at about 90) and try to miss the bigger rocks, which happened, so that's a win. Shame we can't put a video up or a link to one.

[grog]

Bloody Hell, that was close. Great work/ luck to get through unharmed.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Yeah, close one there Col!  Don't see that here (landslips I mean).

Plenty of moron tin tops with monster caravans on the road cutting corners though.

[Blubber]

Wow.

Brown pants...white knuckles moments for sure 

Nice safe 

[Hooli]

Damn, that's not what you expect to see is it. No doubt not what they expected either.
Nice one for not panicking and doing anything stupid.

[Hooli]

Btw the only way I know to put a video up is to host it elsewhere such as YouTube or google photos etc, then add a hyperlink to it here.
I'm not aware we can embed them, but then I've never tried.

[KiwiCol]

Yeah, I don't have anywhere to host it / them though, no biggie.