The story of the Buller River, Westport's sleeping giant.

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Жыл бұрын

In today's video I do something a bit special, I go over the past, present and future of the Buller river! New Zealand's and in fact one of the worlds most fierce rivers. I share the tales of its past and what the future might hold for this monstrous sleeping giant of a river that flows through near the banks of Westport. From holding billions of dollars in gold to having some of the largest floods ever recorded its a truly special place!
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@OnTheGoldNZ 7 күн бұрын

The hawkes crag flood video with the jet boats is just insane ay, crazy river that but its a stunner

@shaunandsqueak Жыл бұрын

Awesome informative piece you've put together!! The Buller is a very powerful river that's for sure. My great Uncle Jack Porter died in it at age 19 in 1948. We were also in town for a funeral and got stuck in Westport during the July 2021 flooding too...I thought this was the worst "one in 100 year" (they seem to use this term way to loosely) weather events I'd experience in my life but being from Hawkes Bay we've also just been through some devastating and life changing flooding here. Water is a very powerful force! Keep up with the great videos guys :)

@kaynefryday6637 Жыл бұрын

True , just like everyone has a different idea what’s the biggest gold deposit in the world

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! It is yeah, I’m sorry to hear that but yeah really shows it’s not to be messed with. Yeah ahaha, will it’s been about 100 years since the last one for there about’s, I think there will unfortunately be a lot more big floods to come not just in the Buller but all over. It is a very powerful force and not to be messed with, it’s what shapes and controls our planet. Thanks heaps for watching and glad you enjoyed :)!

@gold-diggersanonymous1085 Жыл бұрын

the highest possible flow rate (in full flood) in one of the largest rivers in europe, the Rhine is estimated around17.500 Cubic M and therefore comparable to the Buller. That is truly impressive!

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Ahaha I remember looking that up too when you were over here! Very comparable in full on flood yeah it’s amazing how much rivers with smaller cachements can flood! Thanks for watching

@thegreenlandshark6086 3 ай бұрын

Have you got a source for the >1,000 mm of rainfall in a day event? The NIWA website says the peak 24 hour rainfall in NZ is 869 mm (from Cropp at Waterfall, Hokitikia catchment) which is of course still extreamly impressive.

@emilyjayne77 Жыл бұрын

Watching from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 🫶🏻 take care guys!

@Klunkabatzn 20 күн бұрын

Very well done 👍, i live in Greymouth and know the weather here can be temperamental 😅

@petric334 Жыл бұрын

Huge thanks for that! What you made was completely unexpected from a channel of your size; I really enjoy your normal videos, but with this I am sure I have again stumbled onto a creator when their channel was pre-parabolic. Don't limit your subject matter, your biggest edge is in communication in this medium.

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps bro! Glad you enjoyed the video! Took a heap of time to make but throughly enjoyed it, and love to share this sort of thing on the channel, stoked you liked it!

@PB-mp4rt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great production! We travel the route of the Buller River as far as Inangahua several times a year and Rotoiti is our stopping place for a break and a cuppa on our way to Greymouth. Went to Karamea for the first time 2 weeks ago on a spectacular day, truly a day to remember, as well as being our 40th Wedding anniversary. Will make our next trip down in 2 weeks time from North Auckland that much more interesting as we cross the bridges of the rivers you have mentioned. The West Coast of the South Island of N Z. One of the truly best places in the World!

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

No worries stoked you enjoyed! That’s awesome guys, Karamea and the northern west coast is really underrated in my opinion it’s so stunning aye! Sounds like an amazing trip you had! Must be excited for the next one, and yeah the west coast is just incredible!

@olliecarson5150 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!! That storm really sucked

@davehaliburton7015 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the well put together video and history tutorial on the Buller River. I live not to far away from the Mohaka River and from what I have seen there of the share volume and height in cyclone Gabriel quite astonishing it is easy to imagine what would happen with the Buller. The power of water!

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

No worries stoked you enjoyed! Geez yeah it’s amazing how much their flow can multiply by it’s absolutely mental! Thanks for watching!

Жыл бұрын

Love this region, and this video is amazing. So much information, great conten. thanks for doing it.

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

No worries bro really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed! It is an epic region aye!

@stephendickson9000 Жыл бұрын

Go look up The Platform NZ/ Ian Wishart about the weather. Seems NIWA is horribly wrong on historic weather events. You've done a bloody good job on this.

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Cheers bro, I’ll check it out! And yeah they are wrong on a lot of stuff. Thanks heaps and I hope you enjoyed :).

@FKTHESYSTEM063 4 күн бұрын

Might want to look up HAARP also. Weather Manipulation like no other. And no it’s not a “conspiracy theory”

@silvertaniwha1314 Жыл бұрын

WOW.... just fricken WOW.... That's a lot of water and a huge amount of power

@kaynefryday6637 Жыл бұрын

Those massive landslides must release huge amounts of gold into the rivers

@basiclifeskillsasaman1291 3 ай бұрын

I remember reading that in a pub in Charles town the west coast poem about rain

@FreeSoul132 Жыл бұрын

Great job injoyed it very much thank you

@chrisdignan3123 Жыл бұрын

Very informative

@JadesAdventures22 Жыл бұрын

nice one bro good vid

@BruceschultzAU Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video Very interesting

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed :)

@tommychook4552 3 ай бұрын

i live just up above inangahua on the side of the buller ?

@PB-mp4rt Жыл бұрын

Near the beginning is a photo of flooded Kaukapakapa in Rodney district. The area to the North east of KKK called Tahekaroa received major damage knocking out the Northern Railway for freight for several months!

@rodneymiddleton1044 Жыл бұрын

Wow that was very educational and one mighty river not to take lightly in any respects.

@josephknowlton7246 Жыл бұрын

Liked, shared and commented. Absolutely amazing n educational. So sad that such populations always choose flood plains throughout the world. Great video young man. I’ve truly appreciated yer hours invested. U should turn this into school too n get a brilliant grade👊🥤🌊

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps bro! Super glad you enjoyed! It is unfortunate at the same time they have a heap of pros to them but also the big cons of flooding. Cheers and hopefully plenty more videos to come!

@takeactionwestcoaster3521 11 ай бұрын

Being a ex bullet person , if they took all the gravel out of the river from the earth quake slip and cleaned the overflow out Westport wouldn't have problem s from any flooding

@tip397 9 ай бұрын

The Buller flows out to the Tasman sea. NOT the Pacific .

@TheSluicers 9 ай бұрын

The Tasman sea is part of the Pacific Ocean

@tip397 9 ай бұрын

You made a mistake. Own it. No big deal.@@TheSluicers

@TheSluicers 9 ай бұрын

@@tip397 “The Tasman Sea (Māori: Te Tai-o-Rēhua, Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tasman Sii) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean”. Both saying the Pacific Ocean and Tasman sea would have been correct.

@Picks_Productions Жыл бұрын

You’d think with stats like that our council and government would want to help save the region. But we’re yet to see any flood protection. It’s like they want the town to flood instead.

@TheSluicers Жыл бұрын

Yeah your totally right, it’s ludicrous. Like they could do just about anything else to try and fix it but no, heck they dredge out the river bed to increase area for water to flow, get the prospectors in there 😂. Fingers crossed they got onto their crap soon

@tanyaaldridge9695 3 ай бұрын

@@TheSluicers you're next Investigation should be, how Central Government Funded monies are spent by Regional and District Councils. You will get flooded with comments. 👍

@Picks_Productions Жыл бұрын

#home

@treborif 3 ай бұрын

I live in Westport, about a K from the river. When we had the flood I could feel the floor trembling in my house and hear the scariest rumbling. Animals were freaking out...as the locals say - she's a big bitch when she gets outa bed . .