Top biking roads in NZ

**SixPackBack** · 12th May 2009, 20:10

Following on from this thread >>>>>>>>> http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=98860

The enclosed survey had a list of potentially interesting NZ destinations that I thought worth of sharing.

Cape Reinga at dawn
90 Mile Beach at low tide
The Hole in the Rock (Bay of Islands)
The Tane Mahuta Kauri / Opononi / Hokianga Harbour SH12
Marsden Point Oil Refinery
Warkworth Satellite Station
Mansion House Kawau Island
Swim with Tropical Fish at Goat Island
The Wineries on Waiheke Island
Walk to the top of Rangitoto Island
Hot Water Beach Coromandel
Ride around Mt Egmont SH45
Visit the Green and Blue lakes Rotorua
Blasting through the Forests and Farmlands of SH32 Tokoroa to Turangi
The Desert Road - Burning Hot Summers and Snow and Ice Winters
The remote coast road - East Cape and Hicks Bay SH35
Mt Ruapehu & Ngauruhoe up close and personal
Early morning valley mists Okiore (Waioeka) Gorge SH2
The exciting Paraparas SH4 Wanganui
Windmill farms through the Ashurst Gorge
Castle Point - The Lighthouse, Lake and Beach
The mighty Rimutaka Hill - 137 corners in just 13.7 kms
Queen Charlotte Sound between Picton and Havelock
The pristine vistas of Lewis Pass
Punakaiki (Pancakes for breakfast on the West Coast)
Arthurs Pass - These shear cliffs used to hold the narliest of roads!
Walk up to the Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers in just 20-30 mins
Ride the Port Hills (Christchurch)
Visit French Akaroa for a croissant at lunch time
Haast to Wanaka - Awesome views even at 140kph!
The April Autumn Gold of Arrowtown
Ghost Town at Skippers Canyon - Narrow gravel road and shear cliffs
The mighty Clyde Dam - Cromwell / Alexandra
Lord of the Rings territory - Glenorchy / Kinloch
The Giant Waterfalls of Milford Sound
Manapouri Underground Power Station
The bottom of New Zealand - West End (Invercargill)

**Hitcher** · 12th May 2009, 20:29

There's only a couple there I haven't ridden!

**James Deuce** · 12th May 2009, 20:31

Anything devoid of traffic.

**Cloggy** · 12th May 2009, 21:23

The bottom of New Zealand - West End (Invercargill)

Should be expanded to:

The Southland Scenic Route which runs between Dunedin and Te Anau. Right around the bottom taking in the Catlins, Invergiggles and that awesome piece of deserted road between Riverton and Manapouri.
Just been down there in a camper, man I wished many times I was on a bike.

**grusomhat** · 12th May 2009, 21:35

90 mile beach is an awesome ride, once. Gotta time it right though and watch those rouge waves; argh. Oh and make sure you wash your bike good and proper almost instantly when you finish.

**Jantar** · 12th May 2009, 21:48

Originally Posted by grusomhat

90 mile beach is an awesome ride, once. Gotta time it right though and watch those rouge waves; argh. Oh and make sure you wash your bike good and proper almost instantly when you finish.

Got to agree with this. Although I have only done it once and that was 35 years ago on a road bike.

**smoky** · 12th May 2009, 22:01

The Takaka hill
Crown range
Samson hill in the Catalans
the road from Dunedin to Middlemarch

Waitomo Valley Road / TeAnga to Kawhia
Coromandel Loop thru to Whangamata / Waihi
Kauri Point Road

**RentaTriumph** · 12th May 2009, 22:03

The bottom of New Zealand - West End (Invercargill)[/QUOTE]

Snip Snip

Takaka Hill
Southern lakes (Tekapo, Pukaki) Lindis Pass

**Hitcher** · 12th May 2009, 22:12

Highway 43
Highway 45
SH4 from Wanganui to Eight-Mile Junction
SH3 from Eight-Mile Junction to Waitara
Fordell to Hunterville
Martinborough to Ngawi
Masterton to Castlepoint
Masterton to Riversdale
Route 52, Masterton to Waipukurau
Napier to Wairoa
Wairoa to Gisborne (either way)
Whatawhata to Raglan
Coro Loop
Waioeka Gorge
Kawerau to Lake Rotoma
Turangi to Whakamaru...

I really need to go for a ride.