ADVENTURE RIDE SOUTH ISLAND "All Welcome"

[mickeyboy]

We are headin out pilgrims ! Get with the program !

Aussies ,North Islanders all welcome , the scenery will blow your mind !!

Wed 21st Feb :- Head to Tekapo then down through Black Forest Station and over a private road to Benmore then to Omarama then over another private road to St Bathans.

Thur 22nd Feb Through to the Old Serpentine church down through the Poolburn past the Lord of the Rings location and onto Alexandra then through the Nevis Valley and onto Garston for the night.

Fri 23rd Down to Fiordland and out through Borland Lodge to the South arm of Manopouri, then back to Queenstown for the night

Sat 24th / Sunday 25th Ride up to Glenorchy for breakfast then down to Skippers Canyon then through to Arrowtown onto Cardrona and Wanaka via the Crown range then through private road to Hawea Station then either -

Cromwell through to Ranfurly Naseby and Danseys Pass, Kurow the Hakataramea and back to Christchurch, or we may head up the West Coast from Lake Hawea, see what happens. Get back to Chch for the Sound of Thunder Sunday afternoon.

We will change things to suit us as we go , if you want to do a couple of days only then thats cool.

We will do some exploring on the way , check out side oads we've never done etc. This is basic skeleton , we will add the body parts as we go along !!

The idea is to have fun and enjoy ourselves 99% of time ! Fun chilled and relax people please turn up ! Stress monkeys and control freaks stay home !!

The plans not chiseled in stone , we will see how we go. Lets just get out there and do it !

CONTACT ME: mruane@xtra.co.nz

Mick

TRIP ON HOLD TILL MARCH ! SORRY GUYS WORK STUFF ! GET ONTO THE PASS RIDE !

[mickeyboy]

[QUOTE=mickeyboy;897916]We are headin out pilgrims ! Get with the program .THE BIG SOUTHERN ADVENTURE

Mick

[Zukin]

Hey there

You should ask if the landowner at Black Forest if you can take the track up to Mount Sutton, I have been up there quite a few times and it is magic
The views at 1931m are incredible and if the sky is clear you look straight at Mt Cook...magic

The track is good, steep in a few places but easy on a bike.
There is a small section of shingle to cross but that is easy too, and that is near the top.
We have driven our 4wds up there too

I have attached a map for you to see where it is

[SDU]

Drool... wish I didn't have to work.
The trip sounds awesome. Hope you get a great crew 2gether & have an awesome time.

[mickeyboy]

Thanks man we will check that out


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[Zukin]

No problems and welcome to KB

[mickeyboy]

Does it come out at the benmore dam

[mickeyboy]

does it come out at benmore dam

[Zukin]

does it come out at benmore dam

No for what you are doing it would be better to go up and back the way you came, I am not sure what the tracks are like down the other side now, but they were dodgy last time.
Get lost in there and you will need a weeks food

Cheers Scott

P.S Can we swap bikes for a while????

[Jantar]

Damn it, You are starting out on the same day that the South Island Passes ride finishes. Can't do it twice in 10 days unfortunately.

Have a look at http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=33279

[mickeyboy]

you can have ride on he 950 if we cros paths !! The best bike ive ever owned.

[mickeyboy]

that pass ride sounds cool

[miSTa]

Sounds like a mighty fine trip, unfortunately work is a problem. Have fun.

[Ruralman]

does it come out at benmore dam

Talk to Oldrider - he knows this route and the necessary contacts - to answer your question yes you can go right through and come out at the dam but not without landowner permission.

[far queue]

Hi Mick

Good to see you on here, we met up on the Black Forest Rd last March and have bumped into each other a couple of times since. Anyway, looks like a good trip, but I'm planning to be down that way over Waitangi weekend for the Vincent Rally, so I won't cover the ground twice so close together. Have a good one, and as Ruralman says, have a chat to Oldrider, he knows you from the Black Forest Rd too, and knows the area real well.

Cheers