While on his morning walk, Colin Campbell of Hastings stopped to look into the Southland drain. Under the Riverslea Road bridge he found an interesting mass. Video Warren Buckland.
A baked bean-like substance clogging a drain in Hastings is a non-harmful, naturally occurring substance, Hastings District Council says.
Resident Colin Campbell first noticed the orange gunk in a stormwater drain on Riverslea Rd while on his regular walk in the area on Tuesday.
A drain under the Riverslea Rd bridge leaks an orange "baked bean-like" substance. Photo / Warren Buckland
He said he looked over thebridge into the Southland drain when he saw the strange orange substance.
"It looks like orange concrete or baked beans," Campbell said.