The bridge near the start of our jet boat trip. This starts on the Kawarau River and then joins up with the Shotover. The river is quite deep and is a good place for spectacular turns. The boat only needs 3 or 4 cm of water when running at speed but requires 1 to 2 meters to get started. Its quite important to make sure that its only stopped in deeper water beacause at over 4 tons it would take a lot of pushing to get to deep water again!
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I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Deranged Rants: Many of them are totally feral, unhinged, and totally irrational. (posted 2024-11-13 at 17:55:14). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2024-08-22 Stirring Up Trouble: Let's just get every view out there and fairly debate them..
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