42nd Traverse, Forgotten World Hiway ride

[stormtrooper]

Left on friday and the weather wasnt the best buy far pissing down, but that didnt stop us.
Gloves had set up a ride with two of his mates from blemhem plus three of us from the coast five in total set off from Waikanae via Shannon, fielding and up through hunnerville to Ohakune and then onto the National Park and the 42nd Traverse to reach Taumarunui motor camp by nightfall.

Light rain by the time we reached shannon and had a good run through up to hunterville.
Pissing down in hunterville but cleared up on the way up to Ohakune and onto the 42nd

The 42nd was cool fun but wait a minute what about the river crossing, last time i was in there it was easy not more than a puddle but not this time round it was a rageing river flooding out and man it looked deep

Pics to come

[stormtrooper]

Pics starting from Shannon and ending north of Hunterville on the backroads

[misterO]

A great ride! I hope you got a photo by the sign that says: "last gas for 150 km".

[young1]

What waterfall is that, where is it?

[Crisis management]

The 42nd was cool fun but wait a minute what about the river crossing, last time i was in there it was easy not more than a puddle but not this time round it was a rageing river flooding out and man it looked deep

You need to remember the stream is fed off the mountain and that's a huge catchement area, care is needed when it rains in there.... it's just up the road from the stream that caught out and killed the school students a few years ago.

Great area to explore tho, lots of beautiful country and interesting terrain, where's the pics of people upside down in the water?

[Eddieb]

What waterfall is that, where is it?

Thats on Turakina Valley Road.

[bluninja]

I wonder if it was you that I saw on one of the saddles about 7pm on saturday. You 3 were heading to Whangamomona, I was heading to Stratford.

[stormtrooper]

I wonder if it was you that I saw on one of the saddles about 7pm on saturday. You 3 were heading to Whangamomona, I was heading to Stratford.

Could well have been us, we were around at that time.

[bluninja]

I was in the bright jacket on the Orange V-Strom...I know there's loads of them around

[stormtrooper]

More pics north of hunterville heading towards Ohakune and the 42nd

[buggsubique]

Mate, you gotta get into Kiwi Rd sometime and check out the tunnels... turn left of the forgotten hiway....feral country in there...

[Night Falcon]

More pics north of hunterville heading towards Ohakune and the 42nd

...I'm quite familier with that greasy clay part of the 42nd in that last photo

[GPS MAN]

Looks like you guys had a good, although WET ride...catch-up next time

[gav24]

Hi Shane, First run out for the newly re-built, re-worked, re-piped, re-braked, re-everything KLR!
How did it all hang together on the long trip?
Looking and sounding sweet I bet!

[stormtrooper]

Mate, you gotta get into Kiwi Rd sometime and check out the tunnels... turn left of the forgotten hiway....feral country in there...

I think we got down that way ended up at Whangamomona and tryed to get to Aotuhia along Whangamomona Road, but it was a big battle the track was wet, bogy and bloody slippery, there were afew offs on this one.