Benneydale to Ongarue - sealed road?

[paturoa]

Trying to come up with alternative routes to the Cold Kiwi and was looking at Benneydale to Ongarue - here

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=benneydale&daddr=porootarao+to:waimiha+to:ongarue&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=-38.696229,175.309353&sspn=0.097803,0.222301&ie=UTF8&z=11

Is this a sealed road ?

[CrazyFrog]

Waimiha (in between Bennydale and Ongarue) was is my old home town (lol, town!!) growing up as a farm kid.
The road has been sealed for years, you won't find gravel unless you turn left at Waimiha bridge up Ongarue Stream Rd, and continue up as far as Kokomiko Rd. From there, you'll find some good gravel past Piropiro sawmill site and up Okauaka Rd to PiroPiro Flats camping area.
The sealed section is a good tight little country road, ya should have fun all the way thru to Ongarue, then a brief section back to SH4 to Taumarunui.
I don't think you're likely to see a cop! Well, until SH4 anyway.

[spookytooth]

yea its a good road Bennydales my home town:) Watch out for unmarked road works, and last time i went through there we did see the Bennydale cop hiding at the school reading a paper, he didnt even look up as we went past

[CrazyFrog]

He would have been havin a snooze. Not much happens out that way.
Except for the occasional MVA or cattle rustling.

Paturoa- it'd be great on the SV or the DR. Enjoy the ride my man!

[paturoa]

Thanks guys.

[igor]

a hidden secret and one of the nicest flowing roads in the country for a good YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYaaaaahoooooooooooooooooo

[paturoa]

Xgnr's GPS has had a spastic attack and is telling him that I'll take us an extra hour to take this scenic route.

Can't see it myself, so I'll post back a trip report just for this section when we get back.

[igor]

nah its faster. no road nazi's . its heaven

[paturoa]

nah its faster. no road nazi's . its heaven

Its about to have a couple of road nanas! So his GPS might have been right after all..

[igor]

Its about to have a couple of road nanas! So his GPS might have been right after all..

i got a old riding buddy who likes it so much he goes down it. comes back up and back down it and then carries in his ride

[paturoa]

The road from Te Kuiti to Benneydale is a pearler. Good flowing corners, road is in a good condition and no sign of the tax collectors. We went straight past the turn off

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and looped back.

The road thru Waimiha and Ongaru back to the main drag was fun, but there were a lot of road works at the northern end and a bit further on around the middle were heaps of white paint markings where there are about to be a lot more.

When the road works are done I'd give it an 8 out of 10.

[igor]

meow.

i will get a road sweeper for ya next time ya go thru.

yeah right