Steelies Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 hey hey, so we're on the tour of love pre-nats this year, mint. roughly speaking our trip will be picton somewhere reefton lewis pass chch arthurs pass hokitika westport nelsonish/marahau nats Laura and I are rollin starlet life and camping stz any of you locals got suggestions for sweet camping/swim/session/eat/coffee/scenery/gravel road/etc spots? so far i've seen a nice pic of river swimming in Hokitika, and want to burn out to Akaroa while we're chch ways. EXCITE 1 Quote
Beaver Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 why reefton then chch then back to west coast? Id go east coast going south, ie picton, kaikoura, chch, akaroa, then arthers pass to hokitika, then mish up the west coast to nelson ways. s;ight dopubl;e up to pick up reefton mind you. Or do you just really want to drive lots of mountain pass's? haha Quote
Goat Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Because east coast is pretty boring. Ocean and hills. We have those in the north island too. Central makes for lush views/scenery can see the real south island. Quote
Steelies Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 yes mountain passes, no kaikoura boring, yeh was thinking about reefton, probably best to swing by on the way back up, all i really want to do is ride the skatepark. which i much want to do. that would free up time to do more nelson end chillin at the start/some point Quote
Chris.QCR Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Ok so when ever your traveling thru Arthur's pass let me know. About half hour towards chch is cave stream and if you let know the date your rolling thru there and I'll meet ya there and take you on a tour thru the cave . It's about a hour long walk and ranges from chest deep to knee deep inside the cave . A few big boulders to climb over and a ladder on the side of a rock face at the end . Also rad as fuck water holes for swimming afterwards 5 Quote
KKtrips Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Ok so when ever your traveling thru Arthur's pass let me know. About half hour towards chch is cave stream and if you let know the date your rolling thru there and I'll meet ya there and take you on a tour thru the cave . It's about a hour long walk and ranges from chest deep to knee deep inside the cave . A few big boulders to climb over and a ladder on the side of a rock face at the end . Also rad as fuck water holes for swimming afterwards We will be rolling through Arthurs Pass on the Tuesday day. 1 Quote
Willdat? Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 How many days total is the tour? Could make a loop down to Wanaka and back up the West Coast... Quote
KKtrips Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41859-oldschool-nats-power-tour-1st-to-6th-march-2014/ Quote
Chris.QCR Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Ok so ill come with you guys on the Tuesday up to Cave stream if ya'll are keen. Can also probably put up a few folk at my place if ya want Quote
Steelies Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 freakin sweet! and yeah, sat1st march till nats, a weekish long Quote
Steelies Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 how do we make inland kaikoura rd work? go also, we need to be in marahau on the thurs, dropping/meeting multiple people at nelson airport on fri Quote
Bling Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 I used to go to Moana a bit back in the day. Easy enough to walk from the pub to the camping ground / everywhere. Has a sweet swing bridge and a nice bush walk albeit short, over the bridge. Another nice walk that leaves from the top of the campground IIRC. Not a huge amount else there, nice and quiet though. Wooden bridge at the railway station that is good to stand on when the trains roll through. And if you're really keen, you can swim out to a platform not far from the boat ramp. Go for a fish if you're that way inclined too. Its at Lake Brunner. Used to be a zoo just out of Moana on the way to Greymouth (30min trip), not sure if it's still open* though. *google suggests it closed in 2000. Blackball has a salami shop, that's about it really. Quote
Shaz Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Blackball has a salami shop, that's about it really. I guess we're going to Blackball so KK can buy the whole shop then. Quote
Bling Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Unless they changed it, you can also go to the dump for a looksie @ Blackball. Used to be good fun back in the day. I don't really recall much else as I spent too many nights at the Moana pub. Shanty Town could be worth a look too, they have steam trains and shit. Tourist spec though, pan for gold etc. Quote
Gomaxgo Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 between greymouth and westport is the punakaiki/pancake rocks. can be pretty cool is its a shitty day with the tide coming in Quote
Goat Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Any sweet museums with mining shit etc? Am super down to check some of that stuff out. 1 Quote
Gomaxgo Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 oh shit yer there is http://www.shantytown.co.nz/Attractions/Get+An+Old+Time+Photo.html 1 Quote
yetchh Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 you could always reverse it and go straight to westport via Blenheim/wairau valley and then do the cruise up to marahau with the rest of the cru.. Quote
Willdat? Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Denniston incline, 12,000,000 tons of coal down a 45 degree slope. Built in 1879ish, pretty cool. And well set up for info/exploring now. Oh and Lyell has heaps of old mining stuff too... Quote
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