Denniston by drone

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Denniston is a small settlement, 15 kilometres (9 miles) east of Westport, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the Denniston Plateau, 600 metres (2000 feet) above sea level in the Papahaua Ranges.
During the first few decades of the 20th Century, up to 1400 people lived in the townships on the Denniston Plateau to service the large coal mines there. Coal was transported in railway wagons from the plateau via the Denniston Incline to Conns Creek, where steam locomotives of New Zealand Railways took coal trains to the port of Westport.
The Denniston Incline closed in 1967. The plateau now has a population of fewer than 10 people, and virtually all the buildings and structures have gone, although many historical relics remain - scattered throughout the plateau and incline area amongst the scrub vegetation.
There are proposals for future mining on the Denniston Plateau.
Source : Wikipedia

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@gamgepers 11 ай бұрын

Superb drone control and filming. This gave me great pleasure remembering the '70's living in Millerton, exploring the hills, beaches, rivers and finding history round every corner. Your filming was so well done and gave a rare, at times dreamlike perspective, thank you so much. Denniston Incline, one of the greatest engineering challenges ever achieved.

@geoffmackley 3 ай бұрын

Youre welcome

@Harvey_Jones 2 жыл бұрын

Impressed with your flying skills Geoff!

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers thanks Harvey Jonesd

@yukyuk22 2 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up from a fellow dire straits fan

@geoffmackley 3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

@minxthedog2769 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Im sitting here in rapahoe in a house that once belonged to miners. I am in awe of those guys.

@peterscandlyn 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that was impressive. Wicked work and what a history there is there. Thanks for sharing.

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Peter Scandlyn

@Chris-NZ 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting viewpoint Geoff , I was there 20 years ago with my folks (long gone) it looks like there has been a lot more conservation work going on around what was once an engineering marvel.

@laurencecharlton8760 2 жыл бұрын

My brother took me there 2019.This gives a proper perspective of the whole layout which is difficult to fathom from the ground.Amazing place.👍🇬🇧

@RupertAH 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather immigrated from Scotland to go coal mining up there in the 1930's. Very hard life he had but from all accounts an enjoyable one for him.

@NicholasCooperNZ 3 ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks.

@geoffmackley 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment Nicholas cheers.

@bobhannah3181 2 жыл бұрын

Bob was born there in 1935 my parents arrived on Denniston in1924 from Scotland very good video

@CapitalVideo 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice thanks. I have spent many hours up on the Denniston Plateau, including going down inside the Escarpment Mine and watching the miners setting off a blast. I have also explored around the abandoned Sullivan Mine at the top end and checked out the lower entrance, that they were still working in during the 1980's. Hopefully I will get back there one day, however in the meantime along with my two colleagues, David Sims and Hugh Macdonald, we will be screening 'On Denniston' along with 'After Ninety Years', in movie cinemas around the country once we have completed touring 'This is New Zealand'.

@gordonmerrett9972 2 жыл бұрын

I was there at Easter on a lovely day and I was impressed by the photos and documentation on display which gives an insight to what once was. Having been there I enjoyed your footage showing areas I didn't see and perhaps you can't unless you have a drone

@terrybreiting 2 жыл бұрын

Great sound track! excellent video!

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Terry Breitling

@throttlejoc 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Geoff, I have been to Denniston many times, but never got to see it like you have shown and the music very appropriate. Awesome

@chriskiwi2601 2 жыл бұрын

Very good bit of drone flying. Excellent video.

@loconut52 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Very interesting.

@darrencottam8246 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work on this and other videos:) Great footage of the line to Banbury Mine entrance. Love Denniston!

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@daddybob6096 2 жыл бұрын

They had their own soccer clubs, schools, and pubs. The late Bill Pringle, my friend worked underground at the Sullivan Mine. He told me they rode down into and coming out of the mine on the conveyor belt before and after their shift. My eldest brother was a faultman for NZ PostOffice P & T. As a teen i rode with him in his service truck, a Ford V8, to Denniston where he would service insulators on telephone poles hanging out over deep chasms. Not for the faint hearted. LOL. The ghosts of the miners long gone, are still up there at Denniston, Millerton, Stockton, at Charming Creek and Seddonville.

@primojonpresents571 Жыл бұрын

They also had Oddfellows, Masonic, Orange and RAOB Buffaloes Lodges up on Denniston.

@paulg3336 2 жыл бұрын

The inclines were clever solutions to transporting coal. The weight of the laden wagons pulled the empty wagons back up to the plateau. Free energy. There is a quarry in the South Island using a modern version of this: they have purchased a Chinese E.V. quarry truck. They drive it empty up to the quarry which is at a higher altitude,load it up and use regenerative braking to charge the battery on the way down. It costs them around $10/day in electricity to run it.

@geoffbell166 2 жыл бұрын

I hope the quality is better than chinese buses,like most of there stuff it will go up in smoke.

@chritopha Жыл бұрын

thank you .

@mcgunson 2 жыл бұрын

That flying marvel gives a fantastic perspective of the challenges they had working in the clouds. Cheers

@tonymckeage1028 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video, Thanks Geoff

@lampahlumpuh389 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pictures

@dudleyjackson7808 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, thank you

@nevillewilkinson2500 2 жыл бұрын

Bloody good mate.

@mikecoxnz 2 жыл бұрын

Pure magic, great video and soundtrack. I was there in March 2021 and would sell body parts to get back there.

@barriebrown8209 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@brucet8551 2 жыл бұрын

thanks Geoff another great video and the music could have been written for a place like this.

@MrJefftheref 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting look , nice to see from above

@jimmy66119 2 жыл бұрын

I must go back up there to have a look

@barryhansen6854 2 жыл бұрын

Man there is a lot missing from when I was last there shame for all the engineering minded.

@dallasstorey 2 жыл бұрын

Do you not get a copyright strike using Telegraph Road?

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dallas, no, the monetization for the video goes to Dire Straits, so its a win - win , I get to use the best music there is, and the owners of it get the revenue.

@dallasstorey 2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffmackley Thanks for the reply. Do.you turn off obstacle detection when you're that close to trees?

@geoffmackley 2 жыл бұрын

@@dallasstorey no, I leave it on, it can detect obstacles better than I can :)