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Taranaki/Egmont National Park Visitor Centre
Taranaki/Egmont National Park Visitor Centre
The Taranaki/Egmont National Park Visitor Centre is about 28KM from the place I was staying in New Plymouth. To access the side road that leads up to the visitor centre, I took SH3 west out of New Plymouth & after a few minutes I had reached Egmont Village.
The turn off for the visitor centre ia at Egmont Villiage & I turned right…
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New Plymouth & NZ Tattoo & Art Festival
New Plymouth & NZ Tattoo & Art Festival
This November, New Plymouth hosted the NZ Tattoo & Art Festival, so I of course saw another opportunity for a road trip. The route I chose for this journey was down the West Coast of the North Island.
When heading off on a road trip I like to avoid the commuter traffic so I departed Central Auckland at 06:10 & headed down SH1 as this is the quickest way to exit Auckland. My plan to avoid commuter…
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The ride to Musick Point
The ride to Musick Point
Musick Point is a fascinating place to visit & the ride there is a short & fun ride. Musick Point is 25KM from Auckland CBD in the eastern suburb of Bucklands Beach. It is a great place if you are wanting to get out for a quick ride with a place to relax at the end. In 1942 Musick Point was named after Ed Musick (an aviator & Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways from 1927 until his death in…
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The ride to Piha Beach
The ride to Piha Beach
I recently bought myself a new piece of equipment which I’m hoping will enhance my blog. I have purchased a GoPro Hero5 Black. My first venture out with the GoPro attached was just a short but awesome ride to Piha Beach. Piha Beach is a popular surf beach on the west coast of Auckland. I grew up swimming at Piha but for the uninitiated, it is a dangerous swimming spot with many lives taken or…
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Riding the East Cape - Day 4
Riding the East Cape – Day 4
Rotorua to Auckland As I was checking into Aywon Motel, my companions called me to ask if there were any spare rooms as they were not impressed with their accommodation. I asked but was glad that the place was booked out as my motel was not good either. Firstly, the person booking me in wanted to scan my credit card & got annoyed when I told him that he would not be scanning my credit card. At…
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Riding the East Cape - Day 3
Riding the East Cape – Day 3
Gisborne to Rotorua Our night in Gisborne was spent at the Bella Vista which was really comfortable & lovely staff. I have to say when travelling on a motorbike, I feel people engage with you more & there seems a genuine interest in your travels & your bikes. Besides the freedom of travelling on a bike, this is another reason I enjoy the bike as it is such a great way to meet new people. We dined…
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Riding the East Cape - Day 2
Riding the East Cape – Day 2
Whakatane to Gisborne Our second day started with breakfast at Poppy’s Café & a discussion about how we would proceed as there was a potential road closure further down SH2 around Opotiki. As you can guess, we all decided we would give it a go & see what was in store for us as we went. Today the plan was to head out around the cape taking SH35 all the way round. The day was magnificent as we…
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Easter riding the East Cape - Day 1
Easter riding the East Cape – Day 1
Auckland to Whakatane The long Easter weekend was spent riding the East Cape. A trip that almost didn’t happen. Weather forecasts leading up to the departure date were concerning to say the least as the cape was in the path of cyclone Cook. The few days leading up to the weekend, the metservice had issued weather warnings not just for the cape but also Auckland & other areas of the North Island.…
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We had left the best ride for last, the road into Golden Bay was so bloody fantastic…
Pohara & a bloody fantastic ride
Pohara & a bloody fantastic ride
I left Bella Vista Motel & headed along SH6 to Rapahoe Bay Holiday Park where I picked up Manny. It was a slightly overcast morning as we headed further up SH6 sticking to the coast until Westport. As we continued on our journey, the sun came out so we enjoyed the sun as we rode. The road from Westport took us inland to Murchison so at that point we had pretty much done a full circle of the South…
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Entering the national park gave us some beautiful climbs and our scenery changed from stunning water views to some fantastic mountains views…
Wanaka to Greymouth - up the West Coast
Wanaka to Greymouth – up the West Coast
Once again we were blessed with a beautiful morning so packing up camp was quick & easy. The campsite had a great view of the Alps so before heading off to continue our journey, I spent a few moments soaking up the view. We departed Wanaka heading north west along SH6 towards Lake Hawea which gave us a beautiful water view as went followed the path towards Haast. The route took us to the tail end…
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Te Anau to Wanaka
Te Anau to Wanaka
We rose the next morning & enjoyed breakfast at the Cosy Kiwi B&B before heading off on the next leg of our journey up the South Island. Overnight the Alps had had a sprinkling of snow & even though it was a beautiful sunny morning the chill from the snowy Alps could be felt in the air. Our departure from Te Anau was along SH94 and took us towards Kingston. We enjoyed a climb up through The Key…
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A loop around Hunua
A loop around Hunua
This afternoon I spent about 3 hours riding the loop around Hunua. The first stage of the ride was a straight run down the motorway – SH1 until Takanini. Then I headed a long Manuroa Rd onto Porchester Rd, then Ingram St to Marne Rd onto Clevedon Rd which becomes the Papakura-Clevedon Rd and it was on this road I entered & passed through Clevedon. The riding up to this point was fairly standard…
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My First Rally
This weekend just gone I participated in a KLR Ramblers Rally & even though I was on my trusty R3 I still enjoyed myself as did my friends who also participated in the rally. And below you will see why. What was the rally, well it was a well-planned all-inclusive ride where the participants decided on their route based on skill & bike. You chose the 5 route markers to pass through – 7 in total…
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Homeward Bound
As we left Riverton, the sky was over cast with a beautiful purple hue. Despite the strong side breeze, there was a surreal calmness; a stillness like we were the only people in the world. Yellow flowers lined the both sides of the road for miles & from them drifted the most beautiful fragrance, the smell of summer. The first leg of the return trip had started. We were riding north up the west…
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We were heading directly to Bluff!