Even just standing on the side of Wheelbarrow Road, you don't feel safe.
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You feel the road could slip away from below your feet at any time and then there is the worry a tree may also fall on you.
The western end of Wheelbarrow Road would have been one of, if not the worst, roads in the Shoalhaven.
It is in need of massive maintenance and the hundreds of badly damaged trees from the Currowan bushfire need to be removed.
You can see why a local resident who has been lobbying for something to be done to fix the roads, says driving on the road is like playing Russian roulette.
"Every time you come down here, you are avoiding oncoming traffic and it's really only a one-lane road," the resident said of the two-lane road.
The locals who use the road know not to drive near the edge of the road but visitors, like a truck driver delivering items for the residents to use in the bushfire recovery rebuilds, do not.
"If a truck goes too close to the edge, he will bust through and go over the side and roll down the hill," the resident said.
Such a rollover would injure a motorist or worse.
The cracks in the road are massive and now after several major rain events, sections of the road are being eaten way underneath the cracking.
The residents have put the witches hats on the road to warn people themselves.
"It has been like this for months," the concerned resident said.
The local man wants a level of government to do something and take responsibility for it.
He has been like a correspondence machine and has contact many levels of government on numerous times.
This is a reply the resident received from council, after one of his numerous pieces of correspondence.
"Road works required to bitumen seal the remaining 2km of gravel road commenced May 2020, with funding allocated in 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years," the reply read.
"Recent storm events have unfortunately delayed works and the expected completion date is now mid November 2020, weather permitting.
"The works include road widening to provide a 7m wide bitumen sealed carriageway, tree clearing, drainage improvements including pipe culvert size increases and road alignment improvements.
"Landslips on the low side of Wheelbarrow Road 4.8km from the Princes Hwy have occurred due to the combination of vegetation loss caused by bushfire and stormwater damage from recent east coast low events.
"A slope assessment report and topographical survey are complete and road work design options to rectify the landslip will be completed as soon as possible."
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Council also provided the following statement
"With two recent flood events in the Shoalhaven this year, many rural roads have been impacted and will need further assessment by council in the coming week," a council spokesperson said.
"These assessments will determine what further works are needed.
"Since the recent bushfire event this summer council staff have undertaken road assessments to ensure hazardous trees are identified, however if residents are concerned about trees they are encouraged to contact Council directly.
"As Wheelbarrow Road is currently under roadwork construction we ask that all motorists, drive with caution and follow the reduced speed limit."
Meanwhile, mud has been pouring over from one side of the road to the other side, as the already choked drain can't handle the pressure.
"It [blocked drains] sends the water over the edge where it should not be going," the resident said.
Sticks are bouncing off trees all the time and damaging cars.
"These branches are all dead wood and it's only a matter of time before someone gets one going through their windscreens," he said.
A stick caused $400 damage to his car recently.
The other issue is the eastern end of the road has been shut since January and residents, apart from having to drive on the unsafe western end of the road, have to go through Milton, way out of their way, if they need to go into Ulladulla for work or other reasons.
"It's a very busy road normally," the resident said.
"I think it's about time they gave some consideration to people who live out here and also to all the contractors who have to bring in machinery all the time.
"A fire tornado went through here - a massive firestorm."
Work on the eastern end of the road that links to the highway is still being carried out.
"But surely they can open to local traffic to get down to the highway," the resident asked.
"They obviously don't want any traffic going down there when they are working on the road."
According to the latest correspondence, the eastern end of the road won't be ready until sometime in November - weather permitting.
"Personally I think the eastern end is much safer - I have walked down it," the resident said.
He does concede council has a lot of road maintenance work around the region on at the moment.
"Council, however, is not the only one with many things to fix up - many of us are rebuilding after the bushfire," he added.
He was able to get the council's director of works down to look at the road which the resident appreciated.
"In fairness to him, he was interested in the situation," the resident said.
"However we [the residents] have been carrying a lot on our shoulders for eight months and it looks like going to November or even later.
"I think the western end will collapse by then."
