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Vanoord Joined: 28/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 18/10/2011 21:34:07 Reply | Quote Anything to see if one happened to be passing...? Just asking, like  -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 86.138.54.185 Edited: 18/10/2011 21:34:32 by Vanoord |
Wormster Joined: 15/08/2006 Location: Top of the Mendip Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 18/10/2011 21:57:24 Reply | Quote I'd have thought that Danger Badger or Nikkhorn would have been the folk to ask, mind you they don't post much these days now! -- Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done. IP: 86.152.200.21 |
Cat_Bones Joined: 07/06/2007 Location: Shropshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 19/10/2011 13:11:12 Reply | Quote Seeing as how the New Zealand tourist dept try and make NZ synonymous with Middle Earth, can I suggest that the Mines Of Moria might be worth visiting if you're over there? Mind the Balrogs though. IP: 217.44.200.156 |
Jimbo Joined: 30/03/2007 Location: Ooop North View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 19/10/2011 14:29:55 Reply | Quote Vanoord wrote: Anything to see if one happened to be passing...? Just asking, like Have been wondering the same thing as I have friends out there who are long overdue a visit. Not much coming up on Google though other than a few tourist mines & some underground rafting, there must be an underground scene given it's mining history 
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Mr Mike Joined: 09/06/2007 Location: Manchester View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 19/10/2011 15:14:30 Reply | Quote I'm pretty much sure that the CAT journals have stuff on NZ, but not much in the way of underground access. -- Mr Mike www.mineexplorer.org.uk IP: 79.70.94.20 |
ChrisJC Joined: 13/10/2007 Location: Northants View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 19/10/2011 21:41:01 Reply | Quote Mr Mike wrote: I'm pretty much sure that the CAT journals have stuff on NZ, but not much in the way of underground access. They do, available from our website! http://www.catmhs.org.uk/index.php (shameless plug) Chris. IP: 109.153.175.135 |
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Vanoord Joined: 28/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 19/10/2011 21:47:51 Reply | Quote ChrisJC wrote: Mr Mike wrote: I'm pretty much sure that the CAT journals have stuff on NZ, but not much in the way of underground access. They do, available from our website! http://www.catmhs.org.uk/index.php (shameless plug) Chris. Cheers Chris - I'll let Mrs.Van know who to blame -- Filling space until a new signature comes along... IP: 86.138.54.185 |
dwarrowdelf Joined: 09/02/2011 Location: Lost in Cwmorthin...and Oakeley too !! View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 20/10/2011 15:16:19 Reply | Quote Cat_Bones wrote: Seeing as how the New Zealand tourist dept try and make NZ synonymous with Middle Earth, can I suggest that the Mines Of Moria might be worth visiting if you're over there? Mind the Balrogs though. But, as we all know, the Mines of Moria are actually in North Wales -- 'no one dares to seek the shafts and treasuries down in the deep places: they are drowned in water- or in a shadow of fear.' IP: 93.97.118.21 |
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droid Joined: 31/10/2010 Location: Tamworth View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 20/10/2011 17:50:26 Reply | Quote Yep, and the Balrogs are North Wales Constabulary..... 
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Cat_Bones Joined: 07/06/2007 Location: Shropshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 21/10/2011 12:59:00 Reply | Quote dwarrowdelf wrote: Cat_Bones wrote: Seeing as how the New Zealand tourist dept try and make NZ synonymous with Middle Earth, can I suggest that the Mines Of Moria might be worth visiting if you're over there? Mind the Balrogs though. But, as we all know, the Mines of Moria are actually in North Wales Should have known that Dwarrowdelf would have responded to my post
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NeilR Joined: 22/09/2008 Location: York View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 21/10/2011 13:58:04 Reply | Quote I've just got back from NZ - I was on a family holiday in the Coromandel area on the North Island. I wasn't kitted up to do any serious investigation but many interesting old mines which look as if they would be accessible if you could get to meet the right people. The Talisman mine at Karangahake was an excellent walk armed with just a hand torch - the further reaches of the mine are gated but it does look as if people are exploring beyond. Lots of good surface remains as well. Seems to be controlled by the department of consevation but I hear that the local gold mining company also have an interest and may be looking to restart underground operations. Talking to the guy at the mining museum (school of mines) in Thames it appears that there is not a very active mining history community, few books etc. He did say that he could arrange for one of the local mine historians to take me for a walk round the area - but sadly there was no one available that evening and we were due in Aukland the next day. I did have a brief walk in the woods around Thames and there are many open adits which look good to explore. Plenty of potential! IP: 86.158.157.88 |
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mountainpenguin Joined: 18/12/2006 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 21/10/2011 17:49:22 Reply | Quote There are some fantastic looking caves with zip lines and fireflys and boats. IP: 83.67.133.116 |
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