Gisborne to Wairoa

[Maha]

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2 photos from our daylight run on Tiniroto Road outside the pub so you know exactly where it is by the signpost!

So the pub is where School road and Ruakaka rd meet?
http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...09602&t=h&z=17

Thanks for the pics, looks great and I cant wait....hope the weather is primo, I can pick a good day normally.

[raftn]

Is a good road, agree with Gremlin, better todo it during the day, Stop at the Reniga Falls (i think that is the name) five minure walk but worth a look.

[Blackbird]

So the pub is where School road and Ruakaka rd meet?
http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&so...09602&t=h&z=17

Thanks for the pics, looks great and I cant wait....hope the weather is primo, I can pick a good day normally.

Yep, it's that building between Tiniroto Road and School Road. Didn't go in, just stopped to take some photos as there's a really pretty lake just down the road.

[ynot slow]

Nice trip bloody envious.

[Big Dave]

Great adv bike road in winter.

[Highlander]

Will be taking in Pirongia/Te Kuiti/Bennydale/Mangakino/Ngakuru/Waiatapu/Murupara/Galatea/Matahina/Opotiki/Gisborne/Napier/Home....1400kms with some nice pubs along the way..

Like Mr Blackbird says, the Galatea - Matahina stretch can be a touch slippery this time of year. No reason to avoid it just allow time to do it at a leisurely pace. Probably applies to the Ngakuru - Waiotapu leg, and definately the Waioeka too.

Matahina - Opotiki I'd do the Taneatua road (turn right just after the Shell shop at Awakeri) unless you are particularly keen on going through Ohope.
Waioeka Gorge was in good condition when I did it a month ago, couple of storms have been through since then though.

Waikaremoana to Gisborne every few weeks for a couple of years we used regularly to go via Tiniroto for a change of scenery. One of those ones that you forget about until someone mentions it, haven't done it now for the better part of 20 years. Must go back.

When are you going?

[dogsnbikes]

Will be taking in Pirongia/Te Kuiti/Bennydale/Mangakino/Ngakuru/Waiatapu/Murupara/Galatea/Matahina/Opotiki/Gisborne/Napier/Home....1400kms with some nice pubs along the way..

Be sure too stop at the Matawai pub they do Latte's in tall glasses and great pot's of tea just ask Alistair and there is the 2 headed lamb or was it a calf well it was something....

[Maha]

Like Mr Blackbird says, the Galatea - Matahina stretch can be a touch slippery this time of year. No reason to avoid it just allow time to do it at a leisurely pace. Probably applies to the Ngakuru - Waiotapu leg, and definately the Waioeka too.

Matahina - Opotiki I'd do the Taneatua road (turn right just after the Shell shop at Awakeri) unless you are particularly keen on going through Ohope.
Waioeka Gorge was in good condition when I did it a month ago, couple of storms have been through since then though.

Waikaremoana to Gisborne every few weeks for a couple of years we used regularly to go via Tiniroto for a change of scenery. One of those ones that you forget about until someone mentions it, haven't done it now for the better part of 20 years. Must go back.

When are you going?

A leisurely pace is all I know....
We are going Labour weekend..few months yet, give things time to dry out a bit.

[Maha]

Be sure too stop at the Matawai pub they do Latte's in tall glasses and great pot's of tea just ask Alistair and there is the 2 headed lamb or was it a calf well it was something....

.....heard a rumour the sheep wear gumboots in them there hills?...

[MSTRS:Me]

.....heard a rumour the sheep wear gumboots in them there hills?...

Close. They 'share' them with the locals...

[Maha]

Close. They 'share' them with the locals...

That Shaun Lamb has a lot to answer for IYKWIM...

[MSTRS:Me]

And the dogs get a load of crutchings to roll in.
Everyone wins.
Well...except for the sheep, that is.

[Highlander]

Be sure too stop at the Matawai pub they do Latte's in tall glasses and great pot's of tea just ask Alistair and there is the 2 headed lamb or was it a calf well it was something....

2 headed lamb just above the door. When you go in, turn around and look up.

[banditrider]

I did it in April (re-running the 2010 GC) and it was in a lot better condition than I remembered from my first trip through many moons ago. On that occasion there was every form of four legged critter that inhabits this land wandering all over the place. Only counted 1 dog and 1 goat last time around...

The road is tight in a few places and the surface can be less than perfect in places (probably a lot potential for slips this time of the year) but it is a nice ride. Ride on

[insomnia01]

Cutting through to Patutahi saves you time & brings you directly onto Tiniroto Rd, last went through at xmas roads where in good nick but as mentioned there has been some really yucky weather since. As long as you fill up on gas in Opotiki you should get to Wairoa via Patutahi otherwise I think there is still a gas station by the Tiniroto/coastal rd turnoff OR fill up in Gisborne