Riding on the beach?

[montsta56]

Yeah theres sign's all along the beach saying no Bikes.......Wankers'

[What?]

Foot paths are also legally "roads" - that doesn't mean you are allowed to ride/drive on them (let's not get into the pushbike argument...)
There's a good reason why motor vehicles are banned from Papamoa/Mount beach. Do you think you can work out what that reason might be, Monsta? And why the rule had to be made??
That said, you can take motor vehicles on the beach between Maketu and Whakatane - the strech between Otamarakau and Matata is commonly driven on.

[mark247]

We were thinking riding down Matata way would be a good idea. Its just i have walked down Papamoa beach quite a bit and i have seen heaps of guys riding around on 4 wheelers and stuff, like those VW buggy things etc. And by the looks of it nobody really cares, but then again somebody will surely find a reason to complain. The area we were thinking we would mainly ride it up Papamoa beach a bit where there are no houses. But where i saw the VW buggy things was done near the surf club and stuff at Papamoa.