What a brilliant country we live in

[jim.cox]

Just had the pleasure of an Auckland to Christchurch road trip

Time was of the essence, so it was a quick blast down SH1 for me

But even that must rate as one of the world's great trips

Taupo, The Desert Road and the Kaikoura Coast were just brilliant

The highlight has to be waking on a beach north of Kaikoura with sun coming up out of the sea, and the mountains all covered in snow

The only downside was wishing, continuously, that I was on my Ducati rather than driving my wife's new Ovlov - ho hum

Its a great country - you just gotta get out there and see it

[george formby]

+1
Slowly but surely I'm ticking off all the tarmac. Gotta do all the gravel bits next.

[Banditbandit]

Just had the pleasure of an Auckland to Christchurch road trip

Time was of the essence, so it was a quick blast down SH1 for me

But even that must rate as one of the world's great trips

Taupo, The Desert Road and the Kaikoura Coast were just brilliant

The highlight has to be waking on a beach north of Kaikoura with sun coming up out of the sea, and the mountains all covered in snow

The only downside was wishing, continuously, that I was on my Ducati rather than driving my wife's new Ovlov - ho hum

Its a great country - you just gotta get out there and see it

What's an Ovlov ?

[slofox]

What's an Ovlov ?

Look at it in a mirror...

[nodrog:Me]

What's an Ovlov ?

Its a Volvo thats stuck in reverse.

Fanny

[baptist]

Its a Volvo thats stuck in reverse.

Fanny

A Swedish taxi

[ducatilover]

Better an ovloV than a push bike mate.
'Tis a beautiful place to live.

[fuknKIWI]

I've said it before & I'll say it again NZ my favorite third world country

[onearmedbandit]

I've said it before & I'll say it again NZ my favorite third world country

Did you not get the memo? When you left we were upgraded to first world status.

[fuknKIWI]

Did you not get the memo? When you left we were upgraded to first world status.

Nah it was all smudged by the time I visited again

[mattian]

Just had the pleasure of an Auckland to Christchurch road trip

Time was of the essence, so it was a quick blast down SH1 for me

But even that must rate as one of the world's great trips

Taupo, The Desert Road and the Kaikoura Coast were just brilliant

The highlight has to be waking on a beach north of Kaikoura with sun coming up out of the sea, and the mountains all covered in snow

The only downside was wishing, continuously, that I was on my Ducati rather than driving my wife's new Ovlov - ho hum

Its a great country - you just gotta get out there and see it

Just out of interest. What kind of time frame are we talking about? ie. How long did it take you?.
I'm thinking of planning the same kind of trip only, having never ridden that far before, need to organise enough time off work.

[Banditbandit]

Its a Volvo thats stuck in reverse.

Fanny

Thank you. Yes, I worked it out about four hours after I asked ..

[JohnJumper]

The highlight has to be waking on a beach north of Kaikoura with sun coming up out of the sea, and the mountains all covered in snow

Totally agree, driven through Kaikoura a few times with the sun coming up and it creates warm fuzzies each time

[jim.cox]

Just out of interest. What kind of time frame are we talking about? ie. How long did it take you?.

Just over a day

Flew out of Chch at 5:40am
Left Auckland Airport around 8:30
Hit Wellington Ferry around 5:15pm
Out of Picton around 9:00pm
Spent the night on the beach,
Away again at 7:00am and in at work by 9:30

[Grubber]

Done my share of touring all over this fine country and i would have to say it has some of the most amazing scenery. Down the west coast of the South island is awesome. The roads a great for a bike and the scenery is terrific.
Just gotta get out there more.