Friday 15 December 2006 – Auckland to Wellington


Trip down: Wattle Downs – Southern Motorway (SH1) (well there isn’t really much of a choice) – SH2 – Mangatawhiri – Maramura - continued on SH27 to Tirau then on to Wellington

End Mileage: 180084

Start Mileage: 179433

Distance Travelled: 651

Up and getting the camper van sorted.

All ready to go:


After the bike rack dramas no point in forgetting it.


On the road about 7:50am - so tough to head of to the motorway and take the on ramp to go south rather than north ;-)

Shots from the Desert Road:



Taihape:


The first of the town clocks.


Shots from Rangiteiki:



Jetstream in a cloudless sky:


Coffee and Subway stop at Bulls.




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