The Disorganised South Island Tour dec 06

[ZeroIndex]

well, we would aim to be in christchurch on new years (first city to see the sun).
maybe us north islanders can head down on the 28th,stay in welly, then catch the morning ferry over, and head to chch that day, if we take it easy i guess we could land up there on 31st, after that i would guess we could take a week.
i have only been there 2x, and that was when i was about 12ish, so no bikes
thanks for offering a place to stay!

that sounds do-able.. i've never been to the south island, although i did go to the 'real' bottom of the north island..

[MattRSK]

Yeah im liking the plan so far. I really want to go to wanganui on boxing day so anytime after that would be sweet.

[SlashWylde]

Wicked! I've been wanting to ride around the SI ever since I started riding a couple of years ago. Cheap accommodation dosen't worry me. Last summer I packet a tent, sleeping bag, gas stove, food and changes of clothes all on my bike for a trip to the 'Naki - see pics. And the year before I rode around the East cape on my Virago 250 staying in backpackers for the night.

Aaaanyway...if you guys reckon you can do it for around $500 I'm definately keen.

[MattRSK]

Your the man slash. I got this little as tent I would crash anywhere with. Sleep on the side of the road thats cheap as. That looks like a bit of fun. I dont think my bike would carry that much though.

[ajturbo]

I'm going down next Feb and have estimated 3,500kms in total. My bike does 300 kms to a tank at current petrol prices of $22-$25 a tank... Thats $290 and a ferry crossing is $80... are you planning on eating??

you HAVE been budgeting!!!...lol

[ajturbo]

I have been down SI twice... so can act as a bit of a guide too

twice??? hahahahahah
so tell me.... which road would you reconmend to take from nelson to murchison?.... vai the turn off just before the kahatu pub, or the one further back, threw the golden downs?

[Rashika]

twice??? hahahahahah
so tell me.... which road would you reconmend to take from nelson to murchison?.... vai the turn off just before the kahatu pub, or the one further back, threw the golden downs?

geez you guys ARE going to end up in some funny places

[buellbabe]

Despite my earlier post wondering if you had factored food into yr costs... I reckon you'll have great time. The first time I did the Sth Is it was for 6 weeks and on a shoe-string budget... we did LOTS of free-camping and ate alot of 2-minute noodles... plus we met nice folk along the way who gave us beds for the night!

[SlowHand]

Im a tentative yes. You chumps can sleep in a tent, just meet me outside my five star hotel in the mornin, ill have some bacon fat for you to chew over.

seriously tho, we did this sort of thing in a cage before. The first day it rained all day, and we ended up staying at a backpackers the whole time bar one night outside arrowtown.

[Sniper]

Let me know if you need a place to crash or garage?

[Highlander]

well, we would aim to be in christchurch on new years (first city to see the sun).

Gisborne (note: no "u") used to be the first city to see the sun, course with the moving of the tectonic plates that may have changed. Or may be Gisborne no longer counts as a City.

Or you could change your timing to April and do the Southern Cross

[Madness]

I could be keen???

Wanganui 27/12, to Welly for an overnighter.

Welly - Picton 28/12, over to Nelson??

Sounds interesting, if only for the first part of the trip.