Taranaki Roads

Simon Lord · Post by **Simon Lord** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:55 pm

I'm coming down from Auckland to New Plymouth next week on business and
hoping the weather will be good enough to enjoy the roads around Taranaki.
Plan is to arrive Tuesday evening, do a business lunch on Wednesday then
head east-ish along the most interesting roads. No plan where to stay Wed
night but need to be back north of Auckland by 6pm Thursday.

Anyone with local knowledge got any suggestions as to the best MX5 roads in
that part of the world? This is to make up for my chickening out of the
Coromandel run last Sunday when I reckoned that t would be more enjoyable to
go and sit in the washing machine all day.

Simon

Bob ANDERSON · Post by **Bob ANDERSON** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:20 pm

Stratford then Whangamonona (although still has a little gravel) road is a good honk

Wanganui then ParaParas; turn off at Kakatahi onto Fields Track also recommended

Maybe go down via one & return on the other?

The roads up the mountain are great too

And yeah I remember a very twisty road that cuts through a park area on the north west side of the mountain; dunno what it's called though sorry

Dr Bob

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While all of us sit in our lovely cars using up fuel
that now has even more tax placed on it by our lovely
Government, we now can rest assured that it is all a
total con job to get control of you and me...
READ THIS:
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Then ask yourself why Helen Clarke Ratified the Kyoto
protocol knowing FULL WELL that her government had
plans TO INCREASE coal burning power production by
over 30% even though it would cause a catastrophic
economic burden on its people...(Thats you and me by
the way...)

I dont know about you guys but im sick of being told
what to do by politically correct doo gooders and greenies.

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Bob ANDERSON · Post by **Bob ANDERSON** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:20 pm

Stratford then Whangamonona (although still has a little gravel) road is a good honk

Wanganui then ParaParas; turn off at Kakatahi onto Fields Track also recommended

Maybe go down via one & return on the other?

The roads up the mountain are great too

And yeah I remember a very twisty road that cuts through a park area on the north west side of the mountain; dunno what it's called though sorry

Dr Bob

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While all of us sit in our lovely cars using up fuel
that now has even more tax placed on it by our lovely
Government, we now can rest assured that it is all a
total con job to get control of you and me...
READ THIS:
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Then ask yourself why Helen Clarke Ratified the Kyoto
protocol knowing FULL WELL that her government had
plans TO INCREASE coal burning power production by
over 30% even though it would cause a catastrophic
economic burden on its people...(Thats you and me by
the way...)

I dont know about you guys but im sick of being told
what to do by politically correct doo gooders and greenies.

Glenn "SLYDIT"
http://miata.cardomain.com/id/supasparky
Hairdressers car??? well no. but it does have a HAIR DRYER!

MN · Post by MN » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:34 pm

"And yeah I remember a very twisty road that cuts through a park area on the
north west side of the mountain; dunno what it's called though sorry" - Is
it Carrington Road which is also used in the Taranaki Tarmac Rally ? Really
tight and twisty for about 12km's

MN · Post by MN » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:34 pm

"And yeah I remember a very twisty road that cuts through a park area on the
north west side of the mountain; dunno what it's called though sorry" - Is
it Carrington Road which is also used in the Taranaki Tarmac Rally ? Really
tight and twisty for about 12km's

Carey Hill · Post by **Carey Hill** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:47 pm

Yes it is Carrington Road, and it extends around much of Mt Taranaki.,
passing the world class Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust, acres of rhododendrons
planted amidst native bush.
The road is a brilliant drive. Another good drive is out on the Junction
Road from New Plymouth, through Inglewood, and out to Tarata saddle, thence
to Tarata, then left out to the coast down the Otaroa Road, through a
hsitoric road tunnel, back to Highway three near Waitara.
Actually Taranaki has literally hundreds of good drives, because it was well
serviced for roads due to the dairy industry from very early times.

Carey Hill · Post by **Carey Hill** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:47 pm

Yes it is Carrington Road, and it extends around much of Mt Taranaki.,
passing the world class Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust, acres of rhododendrons
planted amidst native bush.
The road is a brilliant drive. Another good drive is out on the Junction
Road from New Plymouth, through Inglewood, and out to Tarata saddle, thence
to Tarata, then left out to the coast down the Otaroa Road, through a
hsitoric road tunnel, back to Highway three near Waitara.
Actually Taranaki has literally hundreds of good drives, because it was well
serviced for roads due to the dairy industry from very early times.

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