What a surplus of signposts - I count 9 signs!
Wasn't that right opposite the pub?
One needs directions after a dozen pints.... (they do stuff up the shot though, you're right)
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Wasn't that right opposite the pub?
One needs directions after a dozen pints.... (they do stuff up the shot though, you're right)
Zuckerbaron
Tour Pro
Yes opposite the pub - the one with a certain reputation as we were told!
Zuckerbaron
Tour Pro
Maybe something a bit more substantial and "fresh outta the oven"?
With all the road/track closures which changed our plans we were lucky to see French Pass. A day later it was quite a lot "fresh outta the oven" and the road was closed for some days.
Zuckerbaron
Tour Pro
Found some pics after Ant's DR mowed the lawn.After plucking Ant out of the Cobb Dam cow-paddocks and some en-route brake lever replacement,
By the way the signpost "Please slow down" was there before.
glipschitz
Latte Sipping GS Rider
Looks like he's starting a Jum's Mowing franchise
Looks like he's starting a Jum's Mowing franchise
He's a multitasker, that one..... dug a trench while mowing the grass
Off the gravel of the Danseys Pass there's no choice, but using the main road up the Waitaki Valley to Kurow for the bridge to get across to the northern bank.
Which immediately ties into the Hakataramea Pass road heading north. Quick for sure, but there's better stuff around.
Exactly 20k's from Kurow down the SH82 is a gravel drive pointing into the hills, no signs, no markers, nothing. The open farm gates and occasional hay bales make it look like a private farm road.
This is Clarkesfield Rd., a gorgeous little gravel/ grass/ dirt road climbing up the small dips and gullies of the Elephant Hills and further to Waihaorunga, the eastern end of the next highlight, Meyers Pass.
Which in return finishes up on the Hakataramea Pass Road.
The more you look, the more you find!
The historic curved stone bridge on the Meyers Pass
This is Wallaby-Country around here and while they were pretty much confined to this area for 150years for some reason, they seem to now have adapted to a point where they are spreading around the whole south of the island, a real pest. There are regular, big signs along the highways all over to report any sightings, so farmers and the Dept of Conservation can followed up immediately.
Turning north on "the Haka" it's a shallow climb to the saddle...
WOT???
Blasphemy! They replaced the old Haka Pass sign with a boring, new one?
There are tens of thousands of pics of the "old tea-strainer" around, riddled with bullet holes, long illegible.....
Never get tired of that view....MacKenzie Basin and the Southern Alps Peaks in the background.
Back onto the main highway SH8 at Dog Kennel Corner for a run into Lake Tekapo.
Coming around that righthander over the crest just before town, that vista just stops the twist-grip dead!!
A frantic search for some beds for the night proves fruitless, the joint is packed to the rafters.
No choice but to keep going to Twizel, but only after securing a couple of small cabins at a caravan park just out of town for the next 2 nights.
I was getting a bit antsy as we were starting to run late for making berth, were running low on fuel, the day was already longer than expected.... and we were heading way too far south again.
All good, Twizel turned into a really good base for what ...HOPEFULLY....would in store tomorrow.
Which immediately ties into the Hakataramea Pass road heading north. Quick for sure, but there's better stuff around.
Exactly 20k's from Kurow down the SH82 is a gravel drive pointing into the hills, no signs, no markers, nothing. The open farm gates and occasional hay bales make it look like a private farm road.
This is Clarkesfield Rd., a gorgeous little gravel/ grass/ dirt road climbing up the small dips and gullies of the Elephant Hills and further to Waihaorunga, the eastern end of the next highlight, Meyers Pass.
Which in return finishes up on the Hakataramea Pass Road.
The more you look, the more you find!
The historic curved stone bridge on the Meyers Pass
This is Wallaby-Country around here and while they were pretty much confined to this area for 150years for some reason, they seem to now have adapted to a point where they are spreading around the whole south of the island, a real pest. There are regular, big signs along the highways all over to report any sightings, so farmers and the Dept of Conservation can followed up immediately.
Turning north on "the Haka" it's a shallow climb to the saddle...
WOT???
Blasphemy! They replaced the old Haka Pass sign with a boring, new one?
There are tens of thousands of pics of the "old tea-strainer" around, riddled with bullet holes, long illegible.....
Never get tired of that view....MacKenzie Basin and the Southern Alps Peaks in the background.
Back onto the main highway SH8 at Dog Kennel Corner for a run into Lake Tekapo.
Coming around that righthander over the crest just before town, that vista just stops the twist-grip dead!!
A frantic search for some beds for the night proves fruitless, the joint is packed to the rafters.
No choice but to keep going to Twizel, but only after securing a couple of small cabins at a caravan park just out of town for the next 2 nights.
I was getting a bit antsy as we were starting to run late for making berth, were running low on fuel, the day was already longer than expected.... and we were heading way too far south again.
All good, Twizel turned into a really good base for what ...HOPEFULLY....would in store tomorrow.
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Oh boy...here comes a BIG one!
Not so much on the riding.... but total overload on scenery, vistas and the sheer magnificence of the surrounds.
This is just about too much "beautiful" in one hit....lost for words for minutes on end.
Road-Buddies, still too stunned to talk.
Not so much on the riding.... but total overload on scenery, vistas and the sheer magnificence of the surrounds.
This is just about too much "beautiful" in one hit....lost for words for minutes on end.
Road-Buddies, still too stunned to talk.
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Tasman Glacier/ Blue Lake at the end of the road.....
No idea what plant/ grass this was, but its "flowering was certainly towering" at around 8ft/ 2.5m
Dave even got his boots filled again crossing that creek twice for posing in front of these giants.
No idea what plant/ grass this was, but its "flowering was certainly towering" at around 8ft/ 2.5m
Dave even got his boots filled again crossing that creek twice for posing in front of these giants.
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So what do you do with a couple of spare afternoon hours around Twizel and weather like this?
SInce the early stages of planning, Gerard @Ruffy Rider had mentioned something about Lake Ohau and it's surreal setting and incredible beauty while missing all the tourist fluff of the main lakes and towns.
Only ~ 35/40km from Twizel, that's 80 return, at least most of it sealed, accom is sorted for another night....if need be, we could zip straight to the pub on the return leg and even fill up with fuel the next morning.
Let's go and have a look then!
Oh my Gosh, sooo glad we did!
Oh YES.... I'm a lika dat snaka up da hill!!
Went as far around the lake as the Lake Ohau Lodge, the first p[art of their drive being the start of the road into the ski fields.
Which was sadly gated and locked!
What a place....it made the group scatter all over the place, stick their noses up driveways and holiday shacks, sit on the shore for 10 minutes and just gaze.
Ya, one of those places.
Thanks for the tip, Gerard!
A slow tootle back to base with everyone's head in the clouds.
SInce the early stages of planning, Gerard @Ruffy Rider had mentioned something about Lake Ohau and it's surreal setting and incredible beauty while missing all the tourist fluff of the main lakes and towns.
Only ~ 35/40km from Twizel, that's 80 return, at least most of it sealed, accom is sorted for another night....if need be, we could zip straight to the pub on the return leg and even fill up with fuel the next morning.
Let's go and have a look then!
Oh my Gosh, sooo glad we did!
Oh YES.... I'm a lika dat snaka up da hill!!
Went as far around the lake as the Lake Ohau Lodge, the first p[art of their drive being the start of the road into the ski fields.
Which was sadly gated and locked!
What a place....it made the group scatter all over the place, stick their noses up driveways and holiday shacks, sit on the shore for 10 minutes and just gaze.
Ya, one of those places.
Thanks for the tip, Gerard!
A slow tootle back to base with everyone's head in the clouds.
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