Auckland to Taupo?

[Ragingrob]

Hey I'm cruising to Taupo on Sat. Emphasizing the cruising part of that sentence, I'm not really in a rush to get there, having just finished exams the evening before and played tennis all day.

Was just wondering whether anyone has a particular route that they take to make things a bit more interesting? SH1 will make me fall asleep.

I'm thinking that this way may be a go-er:

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Kawhia+Rd+to:-38.681222,176.064148&hl=en&geocode=Fbi0yf0de8xrCg%3BFRbOuf0dZktxCg%3BFXrFsf0d lIZ-Cg&mra=mr&mrcr=0&via=1&sll=-37.909534,175.632935&sspn=1.993604,3.537598&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.909534,175.632935&spn=2.357634,3.537598&z=8

Damn embedding googlemaps never works for me :weep:

I usually head down Otorohonga way to get to Ruapehu in the cage so I know the road has a few kinks and curves at least.

Suggestions welcome.

Oh, and sure I want to cruise, I don't need to be there in 3 hours or anything, but I'm not really looking for anything more than 5!

Cheers.

EDIT : On the other hand I could always head SH22 : http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=-37.396346,174.979248+to:Kawhia+Rd+to:-38.681222,176.064148&hl=en&geocode=Fbi0yf0de8xrCg%3B%3BFRbOuf0dZktxCg%3BFXrFs f0dlIZ-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=9&via=1,2&sll=-37.585942,175.067139&sspn=1.001185,1.768799&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.607704,175.185242&spn=1.000892,1.768799&z=9

Suggestion from jrandom - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:Highway+22+to:-37.677299,175.149536+to:Kakaramea+Rd+to:SH+1%3BSH+ 5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFazMxf0d 4AFuCg%3B%3BFUUqvf0dUDtxCg%3BFSTrsf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=9&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-38.06323,175.495605&sspn=0.994731,1.768799&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.918201,175.588989&spn=1.993369,3.537598&z=8

Suggestion from Ixion (I think!) - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:SH+1+to:Tahuna+Ohinewai+Rd+t o:Thames+St+to:-37.544577,175.707092+to:SH+1%3BSH+5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFaZQxf0d rhNwCg%3BFfqew_0dTMZ0Cg%3BFcpYwf0dsD12Cg%3B%3BFSTr sf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=5&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=-37.687081,175.829315&sspn=0.499913,0.884399&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.861844,175.726318&spn=1.994895,3.537598&z=8

Bomma's suggestion - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:SH+25+to:Tairua+Rd+to:-37.961523,176.97876+to:SH+1%3BSH+5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFUqGyP0d NOt2Cg%3BFdaGyP0drFB7Cg%3B%3BFSTrsf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=8&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-37.861844,175.726318&sspn=1.994895,3.537598&ie=UTF8&z=8

[Squiggles]

Get Fried chicken in te kuiti, from the place just on the right after the train tracks (southbound). Sure its supposedly the same stuff you can get elsewhere, but it just tastes better from there. ;)

[jrandom]

SH22 is always a goer. Just get off the motorway at the Waiuku turnoff marked SH22, head to Pukekohe, go past the racetrack on your left and carry on. Eventually you'll be spat out at Ngaruawahia in a very good mood.

:sunny:

Gas up, cross the railroad tracks by the BP and follow the sign for Otorohanga. Once you're on that road, you want to go to Te Awamutu. Just follow the signs. You'll need to make a 90 degree left turn onto a new road at one point, don't miss it.

Once you're in Te Awamutu, go past the milk factory and into the town centre, head right at the first roundabout (away from Hamilton) and down through Kihikihi. Take the turnoff to the left just opposite the gas station after the bike shop where the P cooks used to hang out.

At that point you can start to relax and wind the throttle on; a few km up the road is a right turn signposted 'Mangakino'. Take that sharp right turn onto a new road and go nuts; you are now no longer on the State Highway network.

Follow the signs for Taupo and enjoy some of the best cop-free roads in southwest Waikato!

(You'll probably get lost. But it'll be fun. Take a map book.)

[Ragingrob]

Wow jrandom cheers for that! Will map it out on google tomo and check it out... Sounds like a definitely maybe haha. Haven't even done 22 before and I live bloody next just up from Puke! Cheers for the bloody good write up!

Now I'm all excited about my what was gonna be boring roadtrip to Taupo :scooter:

Any of you uni guys feel free to join me on the trip down 22. Will be planning to leave about 3 or 4pm :rockon:

[jrandom]

Now I'm all excited about my what was gonna be boring roadtrip to Taupo :scooter:

Fookin neow!

You should try riding those roads on a summer night under a full moon.

Swot it's all about...

[PirateJafa]

Fookin neow!

You should try riding those roads on a summer night under a full moon.

Swot it's all about...
Any roads are better under a full moon.

's why I took the long way home after finishing the late shift tonight.

Arrr!

[jrandom]

Any roads are better under a full moon.

Is it a full moon tonight?

I haven't looked.

Was a lovely sunset earlier, though.

[EJK]

When Bomma me YR64L and his friend Gordon went on the dawn ride, I once turned off my head light (pitch black on the motorway) to see what it was like. It was awesome, like a space ship all I saw was stars and the bike infront of me. Bloody awesome. Pity I can't manually turn off the FXR's headlight...

[PirateJafa]

Is it a full moon tonight?

Yes indeed.

Beautiful night too.

[Ixion]

Best way is via the Ho, and then Te Aroha and then the Old Te Aroha Rd. Is a fair bit longer but, but the OTAR is real nice . In a roller coaster sort of way.

EDIT: By request, more specific directions.

Go Souf. Get off the motorway at some exit that begins with O (I think it's O, its before Huntly anyway, Y can't miss it , its a gentle off then left and through a roundabout and straight on ); then keep on a bit until you get to a place with a church hall or a school hall or summit like that , there's a KBer rides a TL hangs out around there. Keep on (DON'T go right !), wriggle around, until y' get to the Ho (not sure if you actually go through it, but it's somewhere near), and then a place than begins with H, it's well marked, can't miss it. Can't remember if you go straight on there or hang a right, but it's well signed , can't miss it. Then if you're in no hurry you can wriggle around a bit on some really good roads, finally come out on a road that doesn't exist, keep straight on, you will come out eventually , whatever you do DON'T go right, go left. Then you'l come to a mainish sort of road, go right, then you come to Morrinsville or Matamata, carry on not sure which way , but it's well marked, can't miss it, to Te Aroha. If you're in a hurry just carry on on the road you were on (before you turned off), not sure if its' straight on or right, but there's a right sooner or later, it's quite simple, you can't go wrong. That'll take you directly to Matamata or Morrinsville.And thus to Te Aroha. Then Hang a right(in Te Aroha I mean) (best to gas up before the right, on the right ,and after the right, on the right is a good cafe , you'll be peckish by now, they have beer. Carry on after the right and one way or another you'll end up on the Old Te Aroha Road, which is really nice, and never seems to have cops. May need a strong stomach if you're carrying speed. Not sure now how you get from there to Taupo , but it's pretty obvious , can't miss it. Really simple, you can't go wrong, and it's far and away the best route to Taupo or Rotorua.

[MaxB]

You could just head south, follow your nose and see where you end up?

Generally avoid SH1 on a bike.

Bits to look at may include the Ohinewai to Tahuna Road. From Tahuna you have the choice of SH27 (yawn), chopping back to Cambridge via Morrisville and picking up the 'dams' road or jumping east and picking up the Te Aroha- Gordon road that runs along the foot of the Kaimais and on down to Putaruru.

If you take the 'dams' road (past lakes Karapiro, Arapuni and Maraetai) or take SH32 from Tokoroa and are in Whakamaru, a nice way into Taupo is along Pohipi Road.

Theres a few suggestions for you FWIW.

[bomma]

could do the east coast route,

kopu===>whangamata===>whakatane===>rotorua===>taupo

we took that route last year when we did the overnighter at Rotovegas.....heaps of nice roads with plenty of twisties and scenery :niceone:

might be a bit longer though time and distance wis....guess you could always skip whakatane and head straight to rotovegas and then taupo from tauranga

[klyong82]

could do the east coast route,

kopu===>whangamata===>whakatane===>rotorua===>taupo

we took that route last year when we did the overnighter at Rotovegas.....heaps of nice roads with plenty of twisties and scenery :niceone:

might be a bit longer though time and distance wis....guess you could always skip whakatane and head straight to rotovegas and then taupo from tauranga

Ohhhh.....those were the days when Isaac was around and now he has moved from bikes to girls :oi-grr:

[Ragingrob]

Cool got a few options now, even if Ixion's sounds more like a riddle than directions! I would think about just heading south and seeing what happens, but I may leave that for a full day kinda thing as I wanna get to Taupo by say 8pm at the latest.

So there's 22, via the ho, or east coast. I'll check out a few maps and see what tickles my fancy.

Cheers for the suggestions all!

[Ragingrob]

Suggestion from jrandom - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:Highway+22+to:-37.677299,175.149536+to:Kakaramea+Rd+to:SH+1%3BSH+ 5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFazMxf0d 4AFuCg%3B%3BFUUqvf0dUDtxCg%3BFSTrsf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=9&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-38.06323,175.495605&sspn=0.994731,1.768799&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.918201,175.588989&spn=1.993369,3.537598&z=8

Looks pretty mint, a fair few twisties! 4h35min suggested time I assume would be quicker than that on the bike.

Suggestion from Ixion (I think!) - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:SH+1+to:Tahuna+Ohinewai+Rd+t o:Thames+St+to:-37.544577,175.707092+to:SH+1%3BSH+5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFaZQxf0d rhNwCg%3BFfqew_0dTMZ0Cg%3BFcpYwf0dsD12Cg%3B%3BFSTr sf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=5&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=-37.687081,175.829315&sspn=0.499913,0.884399&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.861844,175.726318&spn=1.994895,3.537598&z=8

Not quite as twisty, but looks the better option if I do in fact find myself pressed for time. 4h20min apparently.

Bomma's suggestion - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:SH+25+to:Tairua+Rd+to:-37.961523,176.97876+to:SH+1%3BSH+5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFUqGyP0d NOt2Cg%3BFdaGyP0drFB7Cg%3B%3BFSTrsf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=8&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-37.861844,175.726318&sspn=1.994895,3.537598&ie=UTF8&z=8

Damn nice piece of road there, but at 6h35mins I can't handle that in one arvo! Sounds like a ride we should hit this summer though :yes:

[TOTO]

O camoon Rob, with you living in karaka and not having to put up with so mush motorway, here is what you need to relax after exams - CLICKY... (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Auckland&daddr=Whangapoua+Rd+to:Tairua+Whitianga+Rd+to:Waih i+Whangamata+Rd+to:-37.85317,175.962524+to:SH+30+to:taupo&hl=en&geocode=%3BFdohz_0d3nJ3Cg%3BFZ4BzP0dVsp6Cg%3BFVjjx v0dUvB7Cg%3B%3BFe7Kt_0ddN5_Cg%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=8&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=-37.766985,175.43214&sspn=3.061355,4.938354&ie=UTF8&z=8)

[klyong82]

O camoon Rob, with you living in karaka and not having to put up with so mush motorway, here is what you need to relax after exams - CLICKY... (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Auckland&daddr=Whangapoua+Rd+to:Tairua+Whitianga+Rd+to:Waih i+Whangamata+Rd+to:-37.85317,175.962524+to:SH+30+to:taupo&hl=en&geocode=%3BFdohz_0d3nJ3Cg%3BFZ4BzP0dVsp6Cg%3BFVjjx v0dUvB7Cg%3B%3BFe7Kt_0ddN5_Cg%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=8&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=-37.766985,175.43214&sspn=3.061355,4.938354&ie=UTF8&z=8)

Thats a cool route Toto... Coroloop on the 21st Nov.....woohooo looking forward to it.

[Ragingrob]

O camoon Rob, with you living in karaka and not having to put up with so mush motorway, here is what you need to relax after exams - CLICKY... (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Auckland&daddr=Whangapoua+Rd+to:Tairua+Whitianga+Rd+to:Waih i+Whangamata+Rd+to:-37.85317,175.962524+to:SH+30+to:taupo&hl=en&geocode=%3BFdohz_0d3nJ3Cg%3BFZ4BzP0dVsp6Cg%3BFVjjx v0dUvB7Cg%3B%3BFe7Kt_0ddN5_Cg%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=8&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=-37.766985,175.43214&sspn=3.061355,4.938354&ie=UTF8&z=8)

Haha mate that'd make for one loooong evening if I'm not leaving till like 4pm! Would be a bloody good ride though. We're doing the loop next friday anyway though so wont be missing out!

[TOTO]

you can never do the loop enough. I may do a pre coro loop coro loop on thursday to see how the surface is :p


edit: O with the day getting dark at 9pm now , you have a real chance of getting to taupo before dark.

[ital916]

Bring on summer! Working six days a week sucks but that means I have all of saturday to ride baby ride. 6 am to midnight of riding, and gas money won't be a problem oh right...giggidy giggidy.

Hey robs you should take this route dowen south to taupo of some road after some exit I can't remember, you can't miss it though.:lol:

[Ragingrob]

Bring on summer! Working six days a week sucks but that means I have all of saturday to ride baby ride. 6 am to midnight of riding, and gas money won't be a problem oh right...giggidy giggidy.

Hey robs you should take this route dowen south to taupo of some road after some exit I can't remember, you can't miss it though.:lol:

Lol yeah I had to read Ixion's post like 3 times to have an idea of the route he meant!

6 days a week! Fcuk!

[HungusMaximist]

Far Rob, enjoy the ride aye!

I've got a gig on Saturday (my band is supporting a singer-songwriter) so I got rehearsals. Anyway, I'd be seeing you next Friday for the coro ride!

Bring it on baby!

[OutForADuck]

I'd go 22 and then through te awamutu.. try this for size.. minimum, traffic and maximum interesting stuff: http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Kawhia+Rd+to:-38.681222,176.064148&hl=en&geocode=Fbi0yf0de8xrCg%3BFRbOuf0dZktxCg%3BFXrFsf0d lIZ-Cg&mra=mr&mrcr=0&via=1&sll=-37.909534,175.632935&sspn=1.993604,3.537598&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.909534,175.632935&spn=2.357634,3.537598&z=8

[OutForADuck]

Oops link was broken :http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=-37.659906,174.976501+to:Kihikihi+Rd+to:Arapuni+Rd+ to:Waipapa+Rd+to:-38.681222,176.064148&hl=en&geocode=Fbi0yf0de8xrCg%3B%3BFTDLu_0d1ltzCg%3BFbpku _0dhgp0Cg%3BFUSquf0d2F93Cg%3BFXrFsf0dlIZ-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=9&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-37.807614,175.816956&sspn=1.590614,2.460938&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.97668,175.663147&spn=1.586966,2.460938&z=9

[Ragingrob]

Oops link was broken :http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=-37.659906,174.976501+to:Kihikihi+Rd+to:Arapuni+Rd+ to:Waipapa+Rd+to:-38.681222,176.064148&hl=en&geocode=Fbi0yf0de8xrCg%3B%3BFTDLu_0d1ltzCg%3BFbpku _0dhgp0Cg%3BFUSquf0d2F93Cg%3BFXrFsf0dlIZ-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=9&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-37.807614,175.816956&sspn=1.590614,2.460938&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.97668,175.663147&spn=1.586966,2.460938&z=9

Cool yeah that's similar to jrandom's suggestion. Yep 22 to Te Awamutu to Mangakino to Taupo sounds like the coolest and still quite direct route to take. Cheers.

[gijoe1313]

This fair warms the cockles of my heart, y'know you can just keep riding down the ways to a bit where the next stop is over water at Picton, nothing like a pootle down there and back again! :msn-wink:

Ahh many a time I have ridden those aformentioned roads with the riddle of the ways, many a time I have been lost and thanking providence for filling up at a servo when an opportunity presented itself!

Enjoy, enjoy and once more I say enjoy! Ride safe y'hear! :yes:

[Ragingrob]

This fair warms the cockles of my heart, y'know you can just keep riding down the ways to a bit where the next stop is over water at Picton, nothing like a pootle down there and back again! :msn-wink:

Ahh many a time I have ridden those aformentioned roads with the riddle of the ways, many a time I have been lost and thanking providence for filling up at a servo when an opportunity presented itself!

Enjoy, enjoy and once more I say enjoy! Ride safe y'hear! :yes:

Ride safe I will do,
On my steed the Vifferroo,
Many k's I shall clock,
But I will not make it to the dock,
My calling's the great lake,
A great weekend it shall make,
My last exam awaits me now,
Let us hope I have the know-how!

[PirateJafa]

Go Souf. Get off the motorway at some exit that begins with O (I think it's O, its before Huntly anyway, Y can't miss it , its a gentle off then left and through a roundabout and straight on ); then keep on a bit until you get to a place with a church hall or a school hall or summit like that , there's a KBer rides a TL hangs out around there. Keep on (DON'T go right !), wriggle around, until y' get to the Ho (not sure if you actually go through it, but it's somewhere near), and then a place than begins with H, it's well marked, can't miss it. Can't remember if you go straight on there or hang a right, but it's well signed , can't miss it. Then if you're in no hurry you can wriggle around a bit on some really good roads, finally come out on a road that doesn't exist, keep straight on, you will come out eventually , whatever you do DON'T go right, go left. Then you'l come to a mainish sort of road, go right, then you come to Morrinsville or Matamata, carry on not sure which way , but it's well marked, can't miss it, to Te Aroha. If you're in a hurry just carry on on the road you were on (before you turned off), not sure if its' straight on or right, but there's a right sooner or later, it's quite simple, you can't go wrong. That'll take you directly to Matamata or Morrinsville.And thus to Te Aroha. Then Hang a right(in Te Aroha I mean) (best to gas up before the right, on the right ,and after the right, on the right is a good cafe , you'll be peckish by now, they have beer. Carry on after the right and one way or another you'll end up on the Old Te Aroha Road, which is really nice, and never seems to have cops. May need a strong stomach if you're carrying speed. Not sure now how you get from there to Taupo , but it's pretty obvious , can't miss it. Really simple, you can't go wrong, and it's far and away the best route to Taupo or Rotorua.

Why does my mental picture of this involve a ragged bit of map with dragons and clippers drawn on the edges, with the directions written in faded calligraphic writing...

[Ixion]

Suggestion from Ixion (I think!) - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&saddr=Linwood+Rd&daddr=Southern+Mwy+to:SH+1+to:Tahuna+Ohinewai+Rd+t o:Thames+St+to:-37.544577,175.707092+to:SH+1%3BSH+5&hl=en&geocode=Fd6vyf0dyr9rCg%3BFfQMyv0dzGFtCg%3BFaZQxf0d rhNwCg%3BFfqew_0dTMZ0Cg%3BFcpYwf0dsD12Cg%3B%3BFSTr sf0djp1-Cg&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=5&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5&sll=-37.687081,175.829315&sspn=0.499913,0.884399&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.861844,175.726318&spn=1.994895,3.537598&z=8

Not quite as twisty, but looks the better option if I do in fact find myself pressed for time. 4h20min apparently.




Yeah, that's pretty much it. That's the option that doesn't go down the road that doesn't exist- y' can't plot that on the map of course cos it doesn't exist. Very nice twisty road though. Tahuna, that was the place I couldn't think of, knew it began with an H or had an H in it or something.

I'm famous for my directions, nobody could ever get lost following my directions. It's just a natural gift I guess. With my directions to guide him, even Disco Dan managed to get from Westgate to the university. Which, for Disco Dan , was a remarkable achievement.

[shingo]

I'm famous for my directions, nobody could ever get lost following my directions. It's just a natural gift I guess. With my directions to guide him, even Disco Dan managed to get from Westgate to the university. Which, for Disco Dan , was a remarkable achievement.

Isn't he the one who gets lost even whilst using a gps navigation system?

[Ixion]

Yep, he does. Doesn't get lost following my directions though :yes:.

[Squiggles]

Which, for Disco Dan , was a remarkable achievement.

Raj might still get lost though :Pokey:

[Ragingrob]

Well... I got told not to go via Te Awamutu due to a massive unsealed road detour to get across to Mangakino, didn't leave till like 5pm, so just hit SH1... And no I could not walk when I reached my destination haha, way too much just sitting on bike on straight roads!

The Silver Surfer, after being nailed by bugs riding throughout the late evening, wanted to go for a surf on the lake, I had to prove to her that there were no waves.

Oh yeah, and the ride home equation was: Full leathers + 3 hours of rain + SH1 = Very sore and wet Rob.

:sunny:

[PirateJafa]

Look at the state of that chain. :nono:

[jrandom]

Well... I got told not to go via Te Awamutu due to a massive unsealed road detour to get across to Mangakino, didn't leave till like 5pm, so just hit SH1...

WTF? We type up all those directions and you pussy out because of a bit of gravel?

Muttermutter, I dunno, yoof of today, etc.

[Ragingrob]

WTF? We type up all those directions and you pussy out because of a bit of gravel?

Muttermutter, I dunno, yoof of today, etc.

Well after 4 hours of tennis I didn't really feel like riding for 20mins on a one lane gravel road in the dark!

[Ragingrob]

Look at the state of that chain. :nono:

Lol :blink:?

[jrandom]

Well after 4 hours of tennis I didn't really feel like riding for 20mins on a one lane gravel road in the dark!

You left Auckland three hours before sunset, you great big pansy.

:laugh:

There's always Old Taupo Road, y'know.

We shall have to edjimacate you in the ways of creative map-reading!

:yes:

[Ragingrob]

You left Auckland three hours before sunset, you great big pansy.

:laugh:

There's always Old Taupo Road, y'know.

We shall have to edjimacate you in the ways of creative map-reading!

:yes:

Oh yeah... Aaand I didn't have a map haha.

[jrandom]

Oh yeah... Aaand I didn't have a map haha.

You totally useless bugger.

:lol:

North Island road atlases are $20 or so at the Uni bookshop.

[Ragingrob]

You totally useless bugger.

:lol:

North Island road atlases are $20 or so at the Uni bookshop.

Haha well I went to AA in Taupo so I could plan my route back and they'd run outta North Island maps and no way am I paying! I shoulda printed something off. But yeah I was on a bit more of a time constraint then first thought. Will probably look to head down SH22 and follow your route next week or the week after though :niceone:

[jrandom]

Haha well I went to AA in Taupo so I could plan my route back and they'd run outta North Island maps and no way am I paying! I shoulda printed something off. But yeah I was on a bit more of a time constraint then first thought. Will probably look to head down SH22 and follow your route next week or the week after though :niceone:

If yer skint, you can borrow my NI road map book for the summer.

If I can find it.

:crazy:

Edit: Stickchick assures me it's probably in some box under a pile of crap in the garage. PM me if you want it.

[Squiggles]

North Island road atlases are $20 or so at the Uni bookshop.

Nah, they made them required course material for "Geo216 - Geography of New Zealand", so the cost is now $79.80 :(

[jrandom]

Nah, they made them required course material for "Geo216 - Geography of New Zealand", so the cost is now $79.80 :(

WTF LOL, that's crap!

Steal one.

I bought mine there for $20-something only several months ago.

[PirateJafa]

I have a 20-something year old Shell roadmap in my car.

It got us to Dannevirke and back!

[Ragingrob]

If yer skint, you can borrow my NI road map book for the summer.

If I can find it.

:crazy:

Edit: Stickchick assures me it's probably in some box under a pile of crap in the garage. PM me if you want it.

All good I'm only here for 3 more weeks before jumping the ditch for summer. And I do have a map somewhere. I'll call into AA somewhere in the city tomorrow and steal a free NI map.

Cheers for the offer though.

[Gremlin]

I forget who made it, but its been mentioned several time on here. The NI Drivers Atlas, with fully indexed country roads... should be no more than $30 for the island (and another $30 for the SI). Fantastic maps, and you can use them for navigating the depths of the countryside too.

Did that for a trip down to SI, worked well, now I'm lazy, and a GPS does it for me ;)

[motorbyclist]

map?!

you pussies

for a REAL ride and adventure the ony map you consult is one at the petrol station library - and that is only because you've got all of $10 to get you there and home again

[PirateJafa]

for a REAL ride and adventure the ony map you consult is one at the petrol station library - and that is only because you've got all of $10 to get you there and home again

Or $17.60 in assorted coins. ;)