Free places to ride offroad, central North Island?

[Nickvdwater]

Hey guys,
I recently moved up to taupo from Queenstown.
In and around Queenstown you had atleast 4 option for offroad riding for free on doc and other land.

Now i have found one spot near taupo on the way to Napier in Rangitaiki with nice bush tracks.

i was wondering if an of you guys know of any other places near Taupo or central north island like this where you can ride at own leisure.

Cheers
Nick

[Jay B]

In season the 42 Traverse towards national park is open to Motor bikes etc - has a pub to have a beer at the Owhango end too.
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Rangitaiki has alot of track.

[Blat450]

I have moved up from Te Anau to Rangitaiki, and there is a heap of track out behind the pub and beyond, have you been right out the back?

I use to ride out at the Pureroas (western bays way) 5+ years ago and there use to be good tracks out there if you know where they are, I haven't been back to check if they are still there. Also there use to be some good tracks around rainbow mountain, around kerosene creek from memory.

Problem is I have 10,000Ha of farm land to play on so I don't go off farm much. I also have a track heading off into the bush on the boundary and I have to go explore that one day too.

[Jantar]

Try Pureora Forest park Park

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Head along Poihipi Rd and turn right at Tihoi Rd as though you are going to Whakamaru. Take a left at Arataki Rd and follow it to the end. There is a swing bridge there

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Come back along Arataki Rd a couple of hundred meteers and you'll find a track leading down to the river. The river is fordable here with a good solid base. I used to do this many times on a PE 250 back in the mid 1980s. Once in the forest park there are tracks every where.