Cattle crossing

Part of the Hauraki Cycle Trail. When this section was first opened, wherever the trail crossed a farm race you had to dismount and wheel the bike through a crazy pipe setup. As the trail crosses lots of farm tracks, this was such a pain! It has now been changed and these mini cattle stops have been put in, meaning you can continue riding without having to dismount. A much better system!

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful capture

[Peter]

Wonderful landscape beautifully captured Dianne:)

[winghong_ho]

The flat crossing is built with pipes, why not use steel plates.

[Dianne]

@wh2021 the pipes have a gap under them to stop any cows escaping from the farm and straying onto the cycle way.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ah ! a reminder of all those "cattle grids " on country roads through farmland in rural mid Wales Uk - My son when little , loved us to drive over the "cattle grids " when we used to travel cross country when visiting from one pair of grandparent to the other .

[Diana]

We have plenty of these too, just not do elegantly built. Lovely lines and view.

[Lou Ann]

Ours are still pipes, but they are on cattle ranches and not where we have walking trails. These are a great idea!

[Joanne Diochon]

I know so little about farming or cattle. Have I got it straight that you would be riding from the bottom to the top, across this metal bridge thingy while the cattle would be moving cross wise from one side to the other when moving from one field to another? (And, what is a farm race?)

[Jacqueline]

Great leading line

[Pat Knowles]

I have never seen a cattle grid as we call them so small. We have lots of road width ones but these are cute!

[julia]

A far better idea for every one..

[Dianne]

@gardencat yes you are right. A farm race is a name for a farm track where cattle walk to get to their paddocks.

[Joanne Diochon]

@dide Thank you. I tried looking 'farm race' up on Google and it told me it was a video game where you raced different kinds of farm animals. :D

[Yao RL]

I wonder who is giving way to whom.

[Dianne]

@yaorenliu ha - cyclists have to give way to cows, sheep, motorbikes and utes.

[Christina]

Great shot - we did this when the kids were little. The youngest was sooo scared of going over these on the bike, and of course the slower you go the more likely the wheel will go sideways and get stuck...