you can't beat the south island for beauty. born and bred there.
yep...me too. I was involved in putting the roads through the Haast Pass/south west coastAllan_Haast Hwy_1965_MkIIIa.jpgHaast Hwy_8_B&W.jpgLake Paringa_Haast Pass Road Linkup NZ copy.jpg area back in the '60s... here's some pics of those days..
 
you did a good job opening the roads. thank you. i was married to a bulldozer who worked on benmore dam and in the Mount Cook region and Pukaki. known as andy.
 
Thank you so much for the memory! We went to New Zealand over 40 years ago and absolutely loved it, especially the South Island where Milford Sound was.😍😍😍
 
Wow! Thanks for the photos Algieboy, what a great experience, abit scary with that heavy machinery and what you had to work with though but thank you and the men you were worked with!🏆
 
Wow! Thanks for the photos Algieboy, what a great experience, abit scary with that heavy machinery and what you had to work with though but thank you and the men you were worked with!🏆
Yeah Bob's Buddy...but this was more scary...50ton of machine the wrong way up...!
 

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