RUNAMUCK Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 I just got home from a 21st, (On antibiotics, so I couldn't drink, hence being home so early) and I noticed that the big black boat on the corner of endsors rd and ferry road is gone! Th's been a chch landmark for as long as I can remember. There's an excavator sitting in the lot where it was, and the building beside it is gone too. I wonder if it was moved, or if the mean old excavator converted it onto hardfill for the new pier at Lyttleton? If so, the earthquake claims another victim. Boarderline spam? maybe. I kinda thought it was worth a mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridal Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Oh no! Although I heard it could not be moved by mere mortals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 when i was a kid I used to think it was the ark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoman Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 That shit has been there forever and a day. I remember thinking how awesome/out of place it was like 10 years ago. Digger went om nom nom nom nom boaty boat boat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 wasnt it on trademe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 Was it really? I met a bloke 7 or 8 years back who reckoned if you took it away they guy would give it to you. Then other people reckoned it had been made from the wrong kind of concrete and it wouldn't float. Someone else reckoned that someone was living in there, and there was a bar set up in it. If it's been moved, I pity the neighbours of it's new owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFI_LC Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 fark me.... I am sure it was there when I used to live in Opawa back in 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Didn't you know the big rains are coming? Seriously though..... that corner will never be the same, it was part of the intersection! Used to sit and the lights wondering wtf it was doing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 EFI LC > It was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 when i was a kid i planned to save up and buy it and paint it a sweet colour and sail around the work telling work to gtfo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Pics cause im clueless and from CNI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Yeah, I have no idea either. Pic some pics up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Try: http://maps.google.co.nz/?ll=-43.542941 ... 25.62,,0,0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 They say it's been there so long it predates european settlers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 http://www.flickr.com/photos/hadevereux/5490127058/in/set-72157626007229755 ^boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin' joe Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 are we sure it didn't get swallowed up by liquifuckseverything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 It's probably in some demo guys back yard, along with that copper dome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin' joe Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 It's probably in some demo guys back yard, along with that copper dome. damn straight. relic thieving cunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2escort Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Never actually relised it was concrete lol. Is a shame its gone though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzsubbie Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Oh man that was such a land mark. They should had put it on a plint on display in a park in that area some where. There was another concrete boat in the opawa area aswell. It disapaired a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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