My latest bush bash: I unearthed three artefacts from the 1880s, then nearly became one myself after being attacked...
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Concrete Artefact
David Johnson / / / Photos, Artefacts, Waterworks / 0A recently discovered rectangular concrete slab in the Wainuiomata bush features a small metal door engraved with the letters...
Earth Bridge Drainage Pipe
David Johnson / / / News, Photos, Artefacts, Orongorongo Pipeline, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0This recently discovered drainage pipe, dating back to the 1880s, was constructed to channel a creek beneath an earth...
Bush Bash 39
David Johnson / / / Adventure, Bottles, Bush, Bush Bashing, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0I decided to revisit the scour pipe area, believing it held more discoveries since I had never fully explored...
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