Forum whore
Gidday all.
I have just been informed by Interislander, one of Moto Academy NZ's cornerstone sponsors, that they are not able to offer us any sailings in January due to having to accommodate passengers off the Aratere sailings.
We have booked onto Bluebridge this evening, and could only get onto the 2:30am 2 Jan as all other spaces were full.
So, I suggest that if you have not yet booked, and plan to, that you get onto it pretty damn quick and be flexible with time and date.
Steve.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Ono Lennon.
"If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame." Counting Crows
"The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane" Joe Jackson
Registered User
Or you could contact Tony - www.cookstraitcrossings.co.nz and get a good deal! This is the company Vic Club members were getting their deals though when they logged into the website. He has his own website now. Pay when you sail and cheaper than the web saver price on the Interislander. But book it NOW!Originally Posted by steveyb
These bookings are taken as freight bookings.
If it ain't smokin' - it's broken.
Forum whore
Yes, that may work mate, but Interislander office are saying that the number of spaces available in Jan are very limited due to all of the bookings that have already been made for Jan and because they are now having to shift people from Aratere onto the remaining two ferries.
So, Tony might be out of luck like anybody else.
I don't know, just what my sponsor is telling me.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Ono Lennon.
"If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame." Counting Crows
"The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane" Joe Jackson
Ta
Oh for fuck sakes! Looks like I'm gonna need to miss my own New Years party.
In the riders seat
Nobody wanted you there anyway
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Ta
I don't care what they want. I wanted to hang out with the cool people who come to parties to see the missus.
Forum whore
"Fellas, check out the missus!!!"
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Ono Lennon.
"If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame." Counting Crows
"The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane" Joe Jackson
Hardcore Biker
Still some room on Bluebridge but selling fast, booked mine tonight when the supplementary regs came out today confirming Post Classic GP titles included at Ruapuna, wish I'd done it yesterday when cheaper fares were available.
Hardcore Biker
haven't had time to look - is this the Straitsman ? Would work well enough, fly over to Nelson, taxi to the wharf and pick the Van / Car etc up ....... would pay to do some research though - have in the back of my mind ( and that is a very, very dark place ) that it might not be running any more ?
Forum whore
fixed it for ya
Registered User
No it's the Interislander. Freight might have preference over plain passengers... Straitsman became Bluebridge I believe.
If it ain't smokin' - it's broken.
Hardcore Biker
I've crossed on the "freight and trucks only" a couple of times, from memory it left Picton at 2:00AM, so dunno when it leaves Pig Island. They don't advertise the fact though, I basically had to park-up and plead.
Ta
I just say my name, and company name. Tell them you're taking a truck and they go straight to the freight pricing/sailings and start asking for dimensions and weight.
Forum whore
so you then say i'm 5 foot 4 and weigh 115.5 kgs...
Ta
Why would I tell them, that you're short and fat?
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