Friday 21 Oct
Rhondda, Lyn, Geraldine and Richard heading down during the day Friday. Email if you want to meet up for ride down, hoping to go via dams and Old Taupo Road.. Rex & Lynn bringing bikes down evening.
Saturday 22 Oct
Taupo to Napier to Taihape to Taupo, about 435 km
· 7:30 am – usual story – full gas tank and empty bladder
· 8:00 am – leave camp ground for a bit of a ride
· Off via SH5 to Napier
· Stop at Rangitaiki Pub for breakfast
· Continue meander to Napier
· Bit of a mooch around Napier
· Lunch somewhere
· Multiple photo stops during the day
· Continue to Clive and then find the Gentle Annie route
· Woo hoo – Taihape, try and stop Rhondda from throwing a gumboot
· Off to Waiouru – oh, maybe this is where we need to stop Rhondda from chasing those army dudes!
· Desert Road
Turangi
· Taupo
Sunday 23 Oct
Taupo to Turangi to National Park to Ohakune to Waiouru to Turangi, up other side of Lake to Taupo, about 276 km or 355km if we add the other side of the lake J
· 7:30 am – usual story – full gas tank and empty bladder
· 8:00 am – off we go
· Turangi for breakfast at Mustard Seed café (yes we have been there before and yes it’s great)
· Then off “round the mountain”
o Chateau
o Top of the Bruce
o Chateau (well there is only one road)
o National Park (with optional stop for coffee at café by train tracks)
o Ohakune
o Waiouru – can get Rhondda back if we failed to stop her chasing those army dudes yesterday
o Desert Road
o Turangi
o Optional depending on time of day and weather – we go round the other side of the lake back to Taupo:
Tokannu
Omori
Waihaha
?Kinloch
Taupo
Monday 24 Oct
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