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Thread: Gravel roads : SI & NI

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    Gravel roads : SI & NI

    Guys, looking for some recommendations for routes / roads pls

    Does not have to be 4wd, just as long as it isn't tarred

    Stuff like Danseys Pass and Hakataramea Pass.

    We have done the main Molesworth road down Awatere valley and also the Rainbow road.
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    Long way away but old motu road . opotiki to matawai doc camp site at the start of otipi track that runs over to motu river. Unsure what the track condition is like at the moment, or the road that goes from wairoa to murapara might as use this road while its still open to the public.
    Most roads around Gisborne are half sealed and half metal
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    Tx @bigbear, are they looking at closing the waikaremoana road ?
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    They are trying to get rid of the great walk and huts from around the lake. So it can't be far away

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    Have done few in SI
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    Worth a look we went in our 40 series never used 4wd but always peace of mind as a bit of rain could bugger you up in a car.

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    This trip: Wellington, Pahiatua/Makuri Rd, Pori Rd, Haunui Rd, Tiraumea, Waihhoki Rd, HuiaRd, Akitio, Pongaroa, Rising Sun, Coonoor, Pahiatua.
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    Better take a machete on the huia and waihoki valley at present.
    Another goodie is Marakopa to Pio Pio
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marty Henry View Post
    Better take a machete on the huia and waihoki valley at present.
    Another goodie is Marakopa to Pio Pio
    Being while since I done the Piopio/Marakopa road...the name eludes me at the moment..


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    The Dunstan road via Great Moss Swamp (if I recall names correctly)

    Lake Onslow access both sides

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiB View Post
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    The Dunstan road via Great Moss Swamp (if I recall names correctly)

    Lake Onslow access both sides
    That's a goody. Closed over winter I think.

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    A great gravel road from Waikouaiti to Middlemarch SI. Starts at Orbells Crossing near Karitane.
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    Thompsons gorge road,Drybread to Tarras.
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    Maruia Saddle, Braeburn track, Porika track - mostly unsealed route from Springs J to St Arnaud (Porika track is 4wd only)
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    I've got a couple of books on SI 4wd tracks here somewhere you can have. Send us your addy, I'll try and track them down for ya
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    Oh yeah have a look at this. Missing a few but it's a good start

    https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vi...4198477182&z=9
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