But I named them so I should knowScarecrow wrote:I thought Dreadnought was referring to Great Stairway as well.
draindrongo37 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2020, 10:12 pmCan anyone describe Mega Stairway? I'm really on the fence about wherether I should give it a visit, however most accounts of it describe it as average or bad, despite it's exciting name. Has anyone brave enough to have visitied the stairway give me a detailed account? I'm very intrigued.
dougo wrote: ↑15 Aug 2013, 8:28 pmIt's a beach drain. Once upon a time you could just walk in.
The section you see in the photo goes under the sand. The Stairway starts at where the hill starts and leads up to street-level.
After the stairs it's a 4ft RCP shrinker. The only good thing about it after that is the sound of the waves crashing.
Now that its outlet has been extended you need to do it from a manhole
But what's the stairway like? Does it live up to its name? Any other features?ironfistdoug wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 2:15 amdraindrongo37 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2020, 10:12 pmCan anyone describe Mega Stairway? I'm really on the fence about wherether I should give it a visit, however most accounts of it describe it as average or bad, despite it's exciting name. Has anyone brave enough to have visitied the stairway give me a detailed account? I'm very intrigued.dougo wrote: ↑15 Aug 2013, 8:28 pmIt's a beach drain. Once upon a time you could just walk in.
The section you see in the photo goes under the sand. The Stairway starts at where the hill starts and leads up to street-level.
After the stairs it's a 4ft RCP shrinker. The only good thing about it after that is the sound of the waves crashing.
Now that its outlet has been extended you need to do it from a manhole
So the stairway isn't very "Mega" then? If you could share the photos that would be nice, I haven't found more than a couple photos online and none of them are of the stairway. I don't think I'll be heading down thereironfistdoug wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 7:50 pmThe stairs go from beach level up to road level. As the message says it's just a shrinker after that. I have a few snap shots.
I definitely wouldn't bother with it
At the time it was found it was quite steep... 30 or so steps. There's a drain called Mega Slide where you walk in and there's a slide right away that goes up about 30 meters. Mega Stairway pretty much did the same thing but with steps so it was called Mega Stairway. Once they extended the outlet further out it wasn't worth doing. At the time everything was mega. If something was expensive it was "mega bucks" & fast food restaurants had "mega burgers". Virgin Records had its "Mega Store".draindrongo37 wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 10:51 pmSo the stairway isn't very "Mega" then? If you could share the photos that would be nice, I haven't found more than a couple photos online and none of them are of the stairway. I don't think I'll be heading down thereironfistdoug wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 7:50 pmThe stairs go from beach level up to road level. As the message says it's just a shrinker after that. I have a few snap shots.
I definitely wouldn't bother with it![]()
Mega Stairwaydraindrongo37 wrote: ↑02 Jul 2020, 10:51 pmSo the stairway isn't very "Mega" then? If you could share the photos that would be nice, I haven't found more than a couple photos online and none of them are of the stairway. I don't think I'll be heading down there