Trans_NZ_North Island....3. Waipu to Clevedon

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Touring The Trans-NZ ADV Route _ North Island

Segment 1. CAPE REINGA / AHIPARA *** SPECIAL ***
Segment 2. AHIPARA TO WAIPU (3 options)
Segment 3. WAIPU TO CLEVEDON
Segment 4A-WESTERN Routes_Clevedon to Woodville (2 options + Extras)
Segment 4B-EASTERN Routes_Clevedon to Woodville (2 options + Extras)
Segment 5. WOODVILLE TO WELLINGTON (3 options plus south-eastern gems!)



Touring The Trans-NZ ADV Route _ South Island...5334km

Segment 1. PICTON-TO-HANMER/CULVERDEN
Segment 2. HANMER/ CULVERDEN TO FAIRLIE
Segment 3. FAIRLIE TO NASEBY
Segment 4. NASEBY TO CROMWELL
Segment 5. CROMWELL TO MANAPOURI
Segment 6. MANAPOURI TO THE CATLINS (SOUTH COAST)




Touring The Trans-NZ ADV Route...the WHAT, WHY, WHERE + HOW



General NZ info and links



NOTE:While there is some excellent and scenic riding just south of the Kaipara, there is also an increasing number of commercial/ touristy ventures as well as the surrounding supply-structure to feed a city the size of Auckland. Northland intermingles with the outskirts of downtown AKL before its onto finding a reasonably smooth way through the bottleneck of bridges and tunnels of some barely connected urban landmass and peninsulas, harbours and industry, hustle and bustle


WAIPU -> MANGAWHAI HEADS-> SOUTHERN KAIPARA-> PAKIRI -> CHARLIE'S GELATO -> KAIPARA HILLS -> WEST COAST RD. TWISTIES -> KRIPPNER RD. -> PUHOI PUB


MAP 1 : https://goo.gl/hUSJCh

WAIPU -> MANGAWHAI HEADS

-> SOUTHERN KAIPARA

-> PAKIRI

-> CHARLIE'S GELATO

-> KAIPARA HILLS

-> WEST COAST RD.

-> KRIPPNER RD. -> PUHOI PUB

 

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NOTE: Avoiding Auckland's bottleneck is impossible, but the less time spent in the inner suburbs, the better. Clevedon is another arbitrary location picked for a variety of reasons...it's only 10km off the main SH1 Motorway, it's semi-rural and has good parking, space, pub, shop and cafe....and above all, sits at the head of some neat backroad-routes, sealed + gravel alike.

****** CLEVEDON IS ALSO THE POINT TO SPLIT THE MAIN ROUTE INTO EASTERN AND WESTERN BRANCHES *****

THERE ARE TOO MANY EXCELLENT OPTIONS, EACH MORE WORTHY THAN THE NEXT, THE 2 ROUTE-BRANCHES WILL REJOIN FURTHER SOUTH IN WOODVILLE.




PUHOI -> TAHEKEROA -> KAUKAPAKAPA-> WAIMAUKU -> WAITAKERE -> SCENIC DRV -> HUIA -> RT. 15 -> MANUREWA -> CLEVEDON


MAP 2 : https://goo.gl/LN63i3

PUHOI -> TAHEKEROA

-> KAUKAPAKAPA

-> WAIMAUKU -> WAITAKERE -> SCENIC DRV

-> HUIA

-> RT. 15 -> MANUREWA -> CLEVEDON