KB Newbie east cape question

[BLACKYOSHI1000]

Watch for stock, you WILL get some.

DONT YOU MEEN LOCALS ON HORSE BACK :slap:
AND GISBOURNE TO WHAKATANE IS A GOOD RIDE AT 6 1/2 HRS JUST STOPPIN FOR FUEL AND A FEED DONE IT MANY TIMES AWESOME ROAD BUT BEWARE OF THOSE SPEED SIGNS
I WOULDNT BOTHER WITH ROTO TO TAUPO (AS CARY SAID)DO THE WIAOEKA RD AWESOME AND THERES A DODGEY PUB TO GET A BOURBON AT GIZZY END OF THE GORGE ADD ABOUT 3 HRS FOR THIS LEG
THESE TIMES ARE A GOOD START TO WORK OUT YOUR
AND POST A THREAD , IM SURE YOU WILL GET SOMEONE KEEN TO GO MAY EVEN GET SOME OF US JAFFAS KEEN TO DO THE EAST CAPE LOOP WITH YA ENJOY YOUR RIDE

[yungatart]

You can get gas at Te Araroa but be prepared to pay for it-about 30 cents a litre more than anywhere else. Did that ride in Jan this year-came across traffic lights! (they were at roadworks - kind workers just waved us through the red lights) Fantastic scenery.Enjoy!

[scroter]

i would argue the giz - whakatane trip is only around 4 hours cruising - it's only 200-odd k.

its only about 200k through thw waioeka gorge (good road too) but he wants to go round the cape which is about twice the distance but way more fun. id say about 6 hours depending on stops. oh and keep an eye on your gas guage some of the pumps are down side roads (hicks bay, waihau bay) some are hard too spot (tokomaru bay) and some shut early. real early (hicks bay 2pm earlieast, tokomaru bay 7ish). you should be able to get from gisborne to hicks bay on a tank and then to opotiki from there. but after 2 hicks bays closed and you may not make it to the next one at waihau bay. anyway have a good trip.

[What?]

True - thinking about it, my 4 hour time was Omaio to Gisborne, so would be 5 hours ex Whakatane. And that was not sight-seeing...

[scroter]

sounds about right. there aint that much to look at really anyway. nothing beats those roads.