Either laugh or cry - Rocky auction on TM

...some lovely dry humour here. As I said, either laugh or cry...one of the reasons I love the Kiwi sense of humour...

www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=357989041

Can't keep a good kiwi down for too long.... kudos to him

Conversely, I do wonder at the mentality of people building and then living below the rocky outcrop shown in the pictures.

Well, I grew up in the shadow of those rocks in Sumnervale Drive/Finsarby Place - the area that was recently evacuated. Our horses used to graze in the almost vertical paddocks in the hills on either side, under all those rocks, and we used to ride up Evans Pass Road to Godley Head, under all those rocks.

Our informal 'pony club' used to ride down Heberden Drive with its myriad 'falling rocks' signs, and also train at a grassy area between Cave Rock and Shag Rock that was once known as Peacockes Gallop, as in the old days before the road was put in, folk used to start their gallop at one end and finish at the other, in the hope that a speedy through run would help them avoid rock falls...

In other words...you ignore the risks if nothing has triggered them in recent memory. Foolish, but human :rolleyes:

Very true and well said Tigger
I was here in Feilding in the big floods of 2004.. call it local knowledge or what ever you like .. i know what areas went under water ( and how badly) and i know where the rivers cut out banks and destroyed farms and houses
so i know where NOT to buy if i win lotto
Yet i still see so many people paying huge amounts for land that in 2004 was over fence height deep in water , and even in a normal winter will flood at the drop of a hat
guess in lots of cases its " what you dont know wont hurt you"

Fantastic someone has donated a holiday / getaway for the cause, that should sweeten the pot.
Was reading this at work today, saw how far down the page I got and just added it to my watchlist for later reading.

tigger;359743 wrote: Well, I grew up in the shadow of those rocks in Sumnervale Drive/Finsarby Place....................."

Well then, please forgive me in observing that you were damn lucky to attain old age

I agree with what tigger says. I grew up in Mt Pleasant (Soleares Ave actually which has was evacuated in all of this...we lived in a pole house so I wonder how that fared???) and I went to Redcliffs Primary School which had a cliff face as a backdrop.

I must admit I did quite often wonder what would happen in an earthquake but in my childish ignorance felt pretty safe in the "incorrect knowledge" that earthquakes only happened in wellington []

I was always more scared of tsunami's taking us out [:0]

I have it on my watchlist but I fear it is getting far too expensive now for me to bid at the last minute []
Love the whole idea and the resilience of the people[^] ...there are a few lights shining from this national tragedy
Cheers

Kiwi Sapper;359763 wrote: Well then, please forgive me in observing that you were damn lucky to attain old age

Eh? [:0][:0] Watch the 'old', buddy! [}]

You called yourself "Grannie" Grannies are old! (ish) []

Tigger - sounds like an idyllic place to spend your youth

I'm very keen to be buying some land with lovely big volcanic rocks on it, there is a lot of it around here in Kamo/Hikurangi area, I just need to remember to build my house above them I think...

Sapper and what about all the people that build on fault lines/reclaimed land and places I grew up next to the main Hutt Valley fault and lived next to the one here :confused:

And floodplains too sod. They're welcome to it. Give me hill country anytime.

witheze;359824 wrote: You called yourself "Grannie" Grannies are old! (ish) []

Humph! In this context 'grannie' is a state of mind, rather than an age! [}]