24-hour fuel stations

[FJRider]

cheaper than the alternative i wager

The cheaper alternative is to avoid the west coast .....

But ...

There is a BP station at Lake Hawea. (Beside the dam on the main road) With a bike with a 250 km fuel range ... Franz (not too bad price wise) can be made if care on fuel useage is maintained. Hokitika then is an easy run.

There IS a gas station at Haast Beach ... about 5 km's up the road to Jacksons bay. I have heard the prices are less than the one opposite the pub at Haast junction. (I can not confirm this though) And have no idea of it's status regards 24 hour ability. I do believe it's an Allied dealer. (And AA Contractor)

[BMWST?]

The cheaper alternative is to avoid the west coast .....

But ...

There is a BP station at Lake Hawea. (Beside the dam on the main road) With a bike with a 250 km fuel range ... Franz (not too bad price wise) can be made if care on fuel useage is maintained. Hokitika then is an easy run.

There IS a gas station at Haast Beach ... about 5 km's up the road to Jacksons bay. I have heard the prices are less than the one opposite the pub at Haast junction. (I can not confirm this though) And have no idea of it's status regards 24 hour ability. I do believe it's an Allied dealer. (And AA Contractor)

i am able to avoid that situation in that i can go at least 500ks at a time(well the bike is!)

[FJRider]

i am able to avoid that situation in that i can go at least 500ks at a time(well the bike is!)

The flaw in that plan ... is that on the South Island west coast ... is not possible to travel at a consistent open road (speed limit) speed. Some portions tend to chew into your fuel reserves more than others ...
40 km's south of Hokitika and you have no cell coverage. (even on a good day) Limited coverage at Fox and Franz.

[unstuck]

The flaw in that plan ... is that on the South Island west coast ... is not possible to travel at a consistent open road (speed limit) speed. Some portions tend to chew into your fuel reserves more than others ...
40 km's south of Hokitika and you have no cell coverage. (even on a good day) Limited coverage at Fox and Franz.

Good cell coverage in franz today.

[FJRider]

Good cell coverage in franz today.

Was in the news ... lines are fixed ... well connected for now. A proper fix later when they fix the bridge. (Watch the news on tv tonight [tv1 anyway])

[unstuck]

Been txting back and forwards with my brother up there today, and it sounds like it is fairly messy up there. The river behind his place has been threatening to spill over.

[FJRider]

Been txting back and forwards with my brother up there today, and it sounds like it is fairly messy up there. The river behind his place has been threatening to spill over.

People born in Oamaru like it over there ... (I guess the webbed feet helps.. )

That the Waiho river .. ??

[unstuck]

Docherty, just south of franz, as you come over the last hill from fox.

[swbarnett]

In late December I askex Caltex "Would you have a list you could give me of the location of all your 24hr stations throughout New Zealand?"

Today I got this:

Hi Stephen

Apologies for how long this reply has taken… it is not an easy list to gather together especially with so many staff on leave throughout the country.

This should be a current list of all 24 hour sites that trade under the Caltex Brand in New Zealand.

Hope this is what you were after.

...

Cheers
Kind Regards

Graeme Robinson
Area Manager - Retail
____________________________________________
Chevron New Zealand

The .. above contaned the folloing that I've put in to this spreadsheet Caltex 24hr.xls

[awa355]

I suppose that a number of service stations have changed their hours since this list was first composed.

Would I be best to contact each oil company and ask for an up to date list of their 24hr outlets? or is there an app or website with this stuff listed?

I'm looking just at the North Island.

[Gremlin]

The date in the filename is a timestamp (YYYYMMDD).

No, I don't actively update it, so unless someone gives me some data, nothing happens

I'd suggest updating details on Zenbu, and the data from that website gets fed through to the NZOGPS maps (which is then searchable).

If I remember rightly, some companies listed 24hrs or not on their website, so that was how the initial data was compiled.

[WNJ]

New BP open 24/7 just off Xpress way at Horitiu, just before fonterra

[Madness]

New BP open 24/7 just off Xpress way at Horitiu, just before fonterra

There's another going up in Tirau by the looks too.

[Tazz]

BP is open till midnight but if anyone is ever stuck for gas in Kaikoura, at the boat ramp in South Bay there is a 24hr (Eftpos or CC) pump with 91 (and Diesel). Has saved my bacon a few times.

[Taxythingy]

BP is open till midnight but if anyone is ever stuck for gas in Kaikoura, at the boat ramp in South Bay there is a 24hr (Eftpos or CC) pump with 91 (and Diesel). Has saved my bacon a few times.

Man do I wish I had known about that (or it existed at all) when I went through there on my RG years ago. Reserve somewhere down Greta valley and fumes when I rolled in to Amberley.

I'm quite certain that was the most polite hour of RG riding in history.