Auckland to Taupo?

[TOTO]

O camoon Rob, with you living in karaka and not having to put up with so mush motorway, here is what you need to relax after exams - CLICKY...

[klyong82]

O camoon Rob, with you living in karaka and not having to put up with so mush motorway, here is what you need to relax after exams - CLICKY...

Thats a cool route Toto... Coroloop on the 21st Nov.....woohooo looking forward to it.

[Ragingrob]

O camoon Rob, with you living in karaka and not having to put up with so mush motorway, here is what you need to relax after exams - CLICKY...

Haha mate that'd make for one loooong evening if I'm not leaving till like 4pm! Would be a bloody good ride though. We're doing the loop next friday anyway though so wont be missing out!

[TOTO]

you can never do the loop enough. I may do a pre coro loop coro loop on thursday to see how the surface is


edit: O with the day getting dark at 9pm now , you have a real chance of getting to taupo before dark.

[ital916]

Bring on summer! Working six days a week sucks but that means I have all of saturday to ride baby ride. 6 am to midnight of riding, and gas money won't be a problem oh right...giggidy giggidy.

Hey robs you should take this route dowen south to taupo of some road after some exit I can't remember, you can't miss it though.

[Ragingrob]

Bring on summer! Working six days a week sucks but that means I have all of saturday to ride baby ride. 6 am to midnight of riding, and gas money won't be a problem oh right...giggidy giggidy.

Hey robs you should take this route dowen south to taupo of some road after some exit I can't remember, you can't miss it though.

Lol yeah I had to read Ixion's post like 3 times to have an idea of the route he meant!

6 days a week! Fcuk!

[HungusMaximist]

Far Rob, enjoy the ride aye!

I've got a gig on Saturday (my band is supporting a singer-songwriter) so I got rehearsals. Anyway, I'd be seeing you next Friday for the coro ride!

Bring it on baby!

[OutForADuck]

I'd go 22 and then through te awamutu.. try this for size.. minimum, traffic and maximum interesting stuff: http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sa...4,3.537598&z=8

[OutForADuck]

Oops link was broken :http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sa...6,2.460938&z=9

[Ragingrob]

Oops link was broken :http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sa...6,2.460938&z=9

Cool yeah that's similar to jrandom's suggestion. Yep 22 to Te Awamutu to Mangakino to Taupo sounds like the coolest and still quite direct route to take. Cheers.

[gijoe1313]

This fair warms the cockles of my heart, y'know you can just keep riding down the ways to a bit where the next stop is over water at Picton, nothing like a pootle down there and back again!

Ahh many a time I have ridden those aformentioned roads with the riddle of the ways, many a time I have been lost and thanking providence for filling up at a servo when an opportunity presented itself!

Enjoy, enjoy and once more I say enjoy! Ride safe y'hear!

[Ragingrob]

This fair warms the cockles of my heart, y'know you can just keep riding down the ways to a bit where the next stop is over water at Picton, nothing like a pootle down there and back again!

Ahh many a time I have ridden those aformentioned roads with the riddle of the ways, many a time I have been lost and thanking providence for filling up at a servo when an opportunity presented itself!

Enjoy, enjoy and once more I say enjoy! Ride safe y'hear!

Ride safe I will do,
On my steed the Vifferroo,
Many k's I shall clock,
But I will not make it to the dock,
My calling's the great lake,
A great weekend it shall make,
My last exam awaits me now,
Let us hope I have the know-how!

[PirateJafa]

Go Souf. Get off the motorway at some exit that begins with O (I think it's O, its before Huntly anyway, Y can't miss it , its a gentle off then left and through a roundabout and straight on ); then keep on a bit until you get to a place with a church hall or a school hall or summit like that , there's a KBer rides a TL hangs out around there. Keep on (DON'T go right !), wriggle around, until y' get to the Ho (not sure if you actually go through it, but it's somewhere near), and then a place than begins with H, it's well marked, can't miss it. Can't remember if you go straight on there or hang a right, but it's well signed , can't miss it. Then if you're in no hurry you can wriggle around a bit on some really good roads, finally come out on a road that doesn't exist, keep straight on, you will come out eventually , whatever you do DON'T go right, go left. Then you'l come to a mainish sort of road, go right, then you come to Morrinsville or Matamata, carry on not sure which way , but it's well marked, can't miss it, to Te Aroha. If you're in a hurry just carry on on the road you were on (before you turned off), not sure if its' straight on or right, but there's a right sooner or later, it's quite simple, you can't go wrong. That'll take you directly to Matamata or Morrinsville.And thus to Te Aroha. Then Hang a right(in Te Aroha I mean) (best to gas up before the right, on the right ,and after the right, on the right is a good cafe , you'll be peckish by now, they have beer. Carry on after the right and one way or another you'll end up on the Old Te Aroha Road, which is really nice, and never seems to have cops. May need a strong stomach if you're carrying speed. Not sure now how you get from there to Taupo , but it's pretty obvious , can't miss it. Really simple, you can't go wrong, and it's far and away the best route to Taupo or Rotorua.

Why does my mental picture of this involve a ragged bit of map with dragons and clippers drawn on the edges, with the directions written in faded calligraphic writing...

[Ixion]

Suggestion from Ixion (I think!) - http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sa...5,3.537598&z=8

Not quite as twisty, but looks the better option if I do in fact find myself pressed for time. 4h20min apparently.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. That's the option that doesn't go down the road that doesn't exist- y' can't plot that on the map of course cos it doesn't exist. Very nice twisty road though. Tahuna, that was the place I couldn't think of, knew it began with an H or had an H in it or something.

I'm famous for my directions, nobody could ever get lost following my directions. It's just a natural gift I guess. With my directions to guide him, even Disco Dan managed to get from Westgate to the university. Which, for Disco Dan , was a remarkable achievement.

[shingo]

I'm famous for my directions, nobody could ever get lost following my directions. It's just a natural gift I guess. With my directions to guide him, even Disco Dan managed to get from Westgate to the university. Which, for Disco Dan , was a remarkable achievement.

Isn't he the one who gets lost even whilst using a gps navigation system?