Auckland's all right you know.

**Big Dave** · 29th November 2005, 21:16

There couldn't be too many major cities in the world where you can do this sort of thing an hour from home.

This lot will go round the world.
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/wahtipu/pages/a1astart.htm

**juzzer** · 29th November 2005, 21:27

Originally Posted by Big Dave

There couldn't be too many major cities in the world where you can do this sort of thing an hour from home.

This lot will go round the world.
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/wahtipu/pages/a1astart.htm

Nice work fella, and yes yr right AK's not a bad place to be

**Keystone19** · 29th November 2005, 21:33

Beautiful shots Dave. I have done many races on foot through those hills and Whatipu is always a highlight. So remote, yet as you say, so close to Auckland. Great place to spend a day walking, lying on the beach or fishing away from the summer crowds...

**thehollowmen** · 29th November 2005, 21:40

cafe touring huh? Just enough for a long lunch hour

well that's what I've been doing lately.. lawrence is 100km away and has great places for lunch and a nice ride there and back.

**Zed** · 29th November 2005, 21:50

Originally Posted by Big Dave

There couldn't be too many major cities in the world where you can do this sort of thing an hour from home.

This lot will go round the world.
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/wahtipu/pages/a1astart.htm

Choice Dave. New Zealand is such a beautiful country when you get away from the cities and back to the nat-u-ral. To my shame I've never been any further west of Huia and south of Piha, and like you say there's a whole other world so close to town that I'm missing, will have to get out there one day myself.

I knew the road you were on at Huia when you took those pics of Manukau Heads on the other side, I happened to take some similar pics just the other week, see attached.

Great shots/presentation Dave!

**Big Dave** · 29th November 2005, 21:57

Originally Posted by thehollowmen

cafe touring huh? Just enough for a long lunch hour

well that's what I've been doing lately.. lawrence is 100km away and has great places for lunch and a nice ride there and back.

Nice - I'll call it 'Cafe adventuring'. But that is what i've been doing - pissing off in the afternoon for an hour or two and making it up at night (like now).
So digging what this bike can do.

**Posh Tourer :P** · 29th November 2005, 22:02

Somwhere buried about 2m under the sand in those caves is a wooden dance floor. They used to hold dances in there in the 40's.... And back in the 20's, the sea was lapping at the door of the caves. Hard to imagine with almost a km of sand now between cave and high tide.

**Big Dave** · 29th November 2005, 22:15

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

Somwhere buried about 2m under the sand in those caves is a wooden dance floor. They used to hold dances in there in the 40's.... And back in the 20's, the sea was lapping at the door of the caves. Hard to imagine with almost a km of sand now between cave and high tide.

How interesting - only sign of life now is a bit of graffitti.

**scumdog** · 29th November 2005, 22:17

Originally Posted by Big Dave

There couldn't be too many major cities in the world where you can do this sort of thing an hour from home.

This lot will go round the world.
http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/wahtipu/pages/a1astart.htm

And shoot knife-wielding madmen!!

**Big Dave** · 29th November 2005, 22:23

Originally Posted by scumdog

And shoot knife-wielding madmen!!

....Sorry?!?

**scumdog** · 29th November 2005, 22:25

Originally Posted by Big Dave

....Sorry?!?

Well ain't that something you can do an hour from home in Auckland?

Like yesterday?

**Big Dave** · 29th November 2005, 22:34

Originally Posted by scumdog

Like yesterday?

did someone get shot yesterday?
I don't watch the news or listen to the radio ever.

**scumdog** · 29th November 2005, 22:39

Originally Posted by Big Dave

did someone get shot yesterday?
I don't watch the news or listen to the radio ever.

This IS wind-up right?????

See the 'shotguns?' thread.

**Zapf** · 29th November 2005, 22:40

are all those roads out to your intro pic shoot sealed? if so might go see it one weekend.. ermm maybe not... (grave) after looking at the photos... oh well... wait till I get a KTM or Buell... :P