The Disorganised South Island Tour dec 06

[carver]

The "wrong way round" tour
here is the plan.
for a while, me and me buddies have been keen to go for a long ride, but being poor students, and min wage people it wouldn't be easy.
so, the idea came together one late night in a shell station:wait:
the plan, to go aroud the south island, with only a map, and to send as little as we can, kinda... roughing it.:blip:
most of us are 18-24 years old, on small-ish bikes.
the idea is, to go down one coast, and up the other, ie, a loop.
any bikers welcome, any bike, any gender, any age. (just dont complain at the slow speeds, shite quarters we stay in etc...:angry: )
we aim to do this for less than 500 bucks all up.:bye:
i will keep you posted on developments.
anyone keen or have questions, post below!
cheers
carver

[ZeroIndex]

hmm about $500?.. that sounds do-able.. how many days, and what month will this be in? better be summer..

[scumdog]

$500??? It cost me that in fuel alone over Q'Birthday weekend to go to Picton and back!!

[Colapop]

I take it this will be a different tour to the "North invades South" thread?

[buellbabe]

I'm going down next Feb and have estimated 3,500kms in total. My bike does 300 kms to a tank at current petrol prices of $22-$25 a tank... Thats $290 and a ferry crossing is $80... are you planning on eating??

[Str8 Jacket]

Good luck guy's! A few years ago a mate and me went hitch-hiking round the top half of the South Island with only $50 cash. We just set up tents wherever and had a gas burner to cook on. However it was summer and the temp was around 28-30 degrees for most of it so I wouldnt recommend doing that way in winter. The South Island is beautiful and the people are really friendly! Have fun and take lots of photod to remember it!

[carver]

its in december,
maybe more than 500, depends on where you start from:blip:
my honda goes 270 km on $12 gas and my KLR goes 380 km on 30 bucks
anyhow..this will be done as cheaply as possible, with no organisation from me, (book your own tickets etc...), good for newbies, should be something to remember too.

[poorbastard]

Sounds like a good idea. How long you thinking of going for? 500 leaves little for food and booze but I guess It could be done if the booze(or food depending on whats more important at the time) is cut out.

[Pathos]

getting lost in the middle of nowhere sounds like me.

any estimates on how long it will take? what percentage of the trip will be spent on the bike? any definite destinations?

must upgrade before hand tho ... the fxr does get painful

grr need to get a cell phone ...

[MattRSK]

Yeah this sounds like me, im fucking poor all the time and im semi slow. Also im never organised. Ooh and im young only 19. Will scrape together the cash and will be there. Who needs a plan. Let me know what time frame we thinking here.

[ZeroIndex]

DAMN :) this is gonna be awesome.. I'm gonna start putting quarters in my piggybank :D

haha.. and when we get to Invercargil (spelt with only one 'L' to save ink), we can do some drag racing on the beach, like in the World's Fastest Indian :D

[Jantar]

Ok. Accomadation at our place in Alex. If there are too many for in the house, I'll set up the tents as well. BBQ dinner and light breakfast provided for all KBers.

[Zapf]

u know with a good group of ppl, you could rent holiday houses type places along the way and it'll end up being quite cheap per person.

I'll be quite keen on joining u guys and travelling cheap... but must have a good warm bed at night :)

I have been down SI twice... so can act as a bit of a guide too

[ZeroIndex]

u know with a good group of ppl, you could rent holiday houses type places along the way and it'll end up being quite cheap per person.

I'll be quite keen on joining u guys and travelling cheap... but must have a good warm bed at night :)

I have been down SI twice... so can act as a bit of a guide too
"and on your left, a sneaky cop caught me doing 140km/h" ..that type of tour guide?

[carver]

well, we would aim to be in christchurch on new years (first city to see the sun).
maybe us north islanders can head down on the 28th,stay in welly, then catch the morning ferry over, and head to chch that day, if we take it easy i guess we could land up there on 31st, after that i would guess we could take a week.:doobey:
i have only been there 2x, and that was when i was about 12ish, so no bikes:angry:
thanks for offering a place to stay!:first:

[ZeroIndex]

well, we would aim to be in christchurch on new years (first city to see the sun).
maybe us north islanders can head down on the 28th,stay in welly, then catch the morning ferry over, and head to chch that day, if we take it easy i guess we could land up there on 31st, after that i would guess we could take a week.:doobey:
i have only been there 2x, and that was when i was about 12ish, so no bikes:angry:
thanks for offering a place to stay!:first:
that sounds do-able.. i've never been to the south island, although i did go to the 'real' bottom of the north island..

[MattRSK]

Yeah im liking the plan so far. I really want to go to wanganui on boxing day so anytime after that would be sweet.

[SlashWylde]

Wicked! I've been wanting to ride around the SI ever since I started riding a couple of years ago. Cheap accommodation dosen't worry me. Last summer I packet a tent, sleeping bag, gas stove, food and changes of clothes all on my bike for a trip to the 'Naki - see pics. And the year before I rode around the East cape on my Virago 250 staying in backpackers for the night.

Aaaanyway...if you guys reckon you can do it for around $500 I'm definately keen. :niceone:

[MattRSK]

Your the man slash. I got this little as tent I would crash anywhere with. Sleep on the side of the road thats cheap as. That looks like a bit of fun. I dont think my bike would carry that much though.

[ajturbo]

I'm going down next Feb and have estimated 3,500kms in total. My bike does 300 kms to a tank at current petrol prices of $22-$25 a tank... Thats $290 and a ferry crossing is $80... are you planning on eating??
you HAVE been budgeting!!!...lol

[ajturbo]

I have been down SI twice... so can act as a bit of a guide too


twice??? hahahahahah
so tell me.... which road would you reconmend to take from nelson to murchison?.... vai the turn off just before the kahatu pub, or the one further back, threw the golden downs?:nya:

[Rashika]

twice??? hahahahahah
so tell me.... which road would you reconmend to take from nelson to murchison?.... vai the turn off just before the kahatu pub, or the one further back, threw the golden downs?:nya:
geez you guys ARE going to end up in some funny places :yes:

[buellbabe]

Despite my earlier post wondering if you had factored food into yr costs... I reckon you'll have great time. The first time I did the Sth Is it was for 6 weeks and on a shoe-string budget... we did LOTS of free-camping and ate alot of 2-minute noodles... plus we met nice folk along the way who gave us beds for the night!

[SlowHand]

Im a tentative yes. You chumps can sleep in a tent, just meet me outside my five star hotel in the mornin, ill have some bacon fat for you to chew over.

seriously tho, we did this sort of thing in a cage before. The first day it rained all day, and we ended up staying at a backpackers the whole time bar one night outside arrowtown.

[Sniper]

Let me know if you need a place to crash or garage?

[Highlander]

well, we would aim to be in christchurch on new years (first city to see the sun).

Gisborne (note: no "u") used to be the first city to see the sun, course with the moving of the tectonic plates that may have changed. Or may be Gisborne no longer counts as a City.

Or you could change your timing to April and do the Southern Cross :scooter:

[Madness]

I could be keen???

Wanganui 27/12, to Welly for an overnighter.

Welly - Picton 28/12, over to Nelson??

Sounds interesting, if only for the first part of the trip.