Travel time? Hamilton to Whangamomona return

[Eddieb]

Anyone have any ideas how long it would take to do the Forgotten Highway from Hamilton.

Is a day trip possible?

Would be considering a look down Whangamomona Road to Aotuhia and the Bridge to Somewhere (approx 20kms) which i gather is pretty rough.

[nadroj]

Whanga would be about 4 hours from Hamihole either way. Easy day trip with a look around!

[TerminalAddict]

yep .. done it 4 or 5 times .... t'is a longish day trip .. but a trip nonetheless

about 7 hours return trip

edit: not counting for excursions ... I and tarmac kind of a guy y'know ;)

[sinfull]

Forgotten Highway

. Why not take ya sleeping bag, ring the mrs ... oh i forgot ... no reception !
Or do independance day and stay for a week !

[TerminalAddict]

too true ..

24th is Republic day at whangamomona

But due to early commitments I maybe doing it on the 18th .... see here (http://www.mcrides.co.nz/index.php?showtopic=20654)

[cave weta]

Aw hell I just googled republic day- lets go! - whos up for it? Im starting a thread!

[Crisis management]

Eddie, depends which way you are thinking of going, I would try for Raglan, down the west coast to Awakino and then back inland to Whangamomona. Thats probably a good 6 hours riding and the sealed route back via Taumaranui would be another 3 hours. Mucking around time down there, who knows, but allow a couple of hours.

Leave hamilton at 6am and you have at least 14 hours of daylight to play with.

[talbertnz]

i use this website a lot for travel times:

good one to have in your favorites

http://www.newzealand.com/travel/getting-to-around-nz/travel-times-and-distances/travel-times-and-distances-home.cfm