Taranaki Ghost town 2nd August

[NABS]

Hi All, coming up is going to be a pretty good day, Starting in New Plymouth, departing Gull carpark at 930 on Sunday 2nd August. Early start because it will be a full days drive

Leaving Gull at 930 we will be taking Egmont road all the way to the main road South doing a big loop on some fun roads, even in a truck! It will be a short stint on the main drag north before finding a back road bypassing Inglewood and Stratford and coming out onto the Forgotten highway. From there its on to Whangamomana for lunch in the hope that we beat the bulk of the motorbikes up there before the lunch time rush. After lunch we will continue on up towards Taumarnui, there is a short 14k section of gravel, most of the time its almost as smooth as tarseal and I have taken my good car over this a few times and will be doing so this run too so it cannot be that bad, just might be a little dusty I'm hoping. A little bit further up we will be turning off to Ohura and stopping there for a few minutes to regroup before coming back out on the main road just north of Mt Messenger. Ohura back to the main road is a lot of fun.



Hope to see some of you here, its going to be a fun day

[NABS]

Hi All,

Due to the covid 19 virus, I have had to postpone this weekends run for health and safety reasons of everyone.

With the govt banning all non essential national travel, doctors calling for a full country lock down now and the community 'spread' that is now beginning, it's a good idea to postpone this run. There is also no garuntee that after yet another week of this virus, Whangamomana will be open on the day. We need to think about putting safety first, not just of us but others also. Sorry bout this but we will do this run when the risk factor dies down, hopefully later in the year and will let you know once again

Thanks for understanding

Nat

[001SPYDER]

Hi,
Wondering if there are plans on holding this event now that we can partake in non essential travel again... those roads through there are fun as

[ClanFever]

Depending when it's held I may be able to attend, I wouldn't mind an overnighter into Taranaki one time, if not this time then definitely another time

[NABS]

Hey hope everyone has come out of this virus right way up and I see the region back to relative normality again.

I have a few things to organize (WOF for the car for starters), but looking at a date for this to go ahead without a clash with any other runs and give time to prepare if coming from out of town, I'm looking at the first Sunday in August which is looking the best, Sunday 2nd August, Uncle Bill/Gull carpark 930am

Hope to see you there

N

[pbaron]

Ok, I will probably come along for this one, have booked a room for Saturday night near the start location.

[001SPYDER]

Excellent, Knew there was a reason I didn't get around to dropping my motor out this weekend

[Swampy]

I last travelled the forgotten highway in 2018, it had quite a few big potholes in it in some sections, hopefully its in better condition now

[simonaszakra]

Please confirm the exact date once confirmed and provide an appropriate pic and ill make the Facebook event cheers

[NABS]

good to hear, thanks for the feedback too about the potholes! I did this road just last year but will do a run out there next weekend and see what the roads are like.

Confirmed date is Sunday August 2... feel free to use the pic,

[*84vvt]

A picture with some Mr2s in it

[simonaszakra]

Easy will get that up tonight

[NABS]

I had forgotten about that pic Colin, I think I lost my copy of it when my hdd crashed and took out 2 years and around 30k of club runs from 05-07 ish

[optional]

Cool.
Sue and I are booked into the Bella Vista Motel for the Saturday night and Sue is trying to get reservations for the Snug Lounge ( Japanese food, just up the road ) for dinner.
SEe you Sunday or Saturday, if you want to join us for dinner.
Keith

[NABS]

Sounds good. Will catch up with you for tea that Saturday night