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Waihou Thumper
1st March 2011, 17:59
Has anyone travelled there, head North after Opononi, wondered about those large sand dunes over the Hokianga?
I am planning a trip Easter, it will include those really small metal roads, dead ends that lead to some amazing scenery...:)
The Far North Beckons once more but it will involve a real roundabout way of getting there and staying OFF Tar as much as possible.....Yeah! :msn-wink:
alane
1st March 2011, 19:36
MITIMITI----
Was on the "NORTH" program,T.V.1 ,with Marcus Lush ,on Sun. night.

Looks a cool place---specialy if you like sand.:niceone:
Waihou Thumper
1st March 2011, 19:41
MITIMITI----
Was on the "NORTH" program,T.V.1 ,with Marcus Lush ,on Sun. night.

Looks a cool place---specialy if you like sand.:niceone:

On TV? alrighty....Okay...Well, I see the roads out that way and there are plenty of ways to adventure...Plenty of metal and no traffic...Looks like a good route on the map. I have always wondered about the roads west after getting off the ferry from Rawene. I have done some of them but there is more to behold...... yep!
Underground
2nd March 2011, 10:24
Mmmm Mitimiti, used to go camping there when I was a kid,
spent a lot of time riding the beaches and dunes in landrovers and on some of the locals horses but not on a motorbike
Waihou Thumper
2nd March 2011, 16:39
Mmmm Mitimiti, used to go camping there when I was a kid,
spent a lot of time riding the beaches and dunes in landrovers and on some of the locals horses but not on a motorbike

Will let ya know what has changed when I get there....This will be a no frills adventure, tent, sleeping bags and no showers probably, except the Tasman...:)
The roads North will be paved with metal!
george formby
2nd March 2011, 16:58
Will let ya know what has changed when I get there....This will be a no frills adventure, tent, sleeping bags and no showers probably, except the Tasman...:)
The roads North will be paved with metal!


Not much will have changed.

Contact the Kaitaia 4wd club, they do a lot of stuff through the gum fields from Shipwreck Bay south. You can ride the beach south from shippies ( south end of 90 mile ) for a long way if you like sand & big dunes, not sure about the exit though. If you do consider this talk to the locals first, they have been getting a bit uppity about access & Kai Moana plundering lately.
Sorry, I have no contact for the 4wd club since I moved south.