Tora Tora Tora!

[jeff]

Well just one Tora actually.

Another windy Sunday, so we headed over the Takas and out to Tora on the Transalp. They chose the right place to put those wind turbines (Range Road) - fair blowing a gale at the top of the hill today.

Very dry and dusty out there, another area with very little if any water in the creeks.

Stopped at the beach for a bit of a fish. Caught the first kawahai within half a minute of being there - caught six in total (caught and released). Although it was blowing a gale back up the road, the bay was quite calm in the middle where we fished.

Had our lunch at the beach and left there about 2pm and headed out to Te Awaiti which takes you past that place people stay at when they do the Tora Coastal Walk. At the road end is Te Awaiti Station. They are doing a small subdivision "Karaka something" out there. Seems odd to come across curb and channelling out there when you are on a dirt road.

The back to Martinborough, Featherston and back home.

See we put some piccies on this time, Merv.

Chrissie and Jeff

[tri boy]

Nice

[Jantar]

Looks like a nice spot. For us aliens from the other island, how do we find these places?

[upshift]

Nice spot, was out that way with my boy in the car a few weeks back and thought it would be a great ride on the bike.
Found the wreck interesting.

[merv]

Yeah nice one Jeff, always good to see a few pics. The ride to Te Awaiti and Tora are both good except how the seal reaches so far from Martinborough these days.

[jeff]

Looks like a nice spot. For us aliens from the other island, how do we find these places?

Hi Jantar

You need to get an up to date map book for starters, then start ticking off the roads you have been down. Tora is on the south eastern coastline looking out towards the South Island.

It also pays to take your lunch and some drink with you, shops aren't usually part of the landscape in those parts. Also we take chain lube because the chain gets quite dry in dusty conditions on gravel roads, tool kit, fishing rods.

We were really lucky the other day because where we stopped to fish we were out of the wind. Have seen tents blowing up the beach on that coastline.

Chrissie and Jeff

[oldrider]

Used to stay out there during my teen years, you could just use a torch at night and pick crayfish off the kelp, sort of like going to a supermarket today.

There are some great roads for bikes all through the Wairarapa up to Hawke Bay.

You are making me homesick. Cheers John.

[wilber]

Still like that now John only the crays are a lot smaller than what they used to be .

[deanohit]

Cool looking spot there mate!