My mate Dave Warren and I spent nine
days blatting around the North Island of New Zealand on our
motorbikes.
We started the journey by riding from
Auckland to Taranaki for the Patua Music Festival. Many thanks to
all, especially Vanessa, for all your generous hospitality towards us
payload limited bikers.
Next day we are headed north up the
east coast, via the wind farm, Peter and Mary's place, Napier and
ending up in a cabin in Gisborn for the night.
From Gisborn we rode around East Cape.
White Island was putting on a show for us with it's eruptions.
Stopped in at the Whakatane Pub for lunch, then on to stay with Geoff
Ellett in Tauranga.
From Tauranga we rode all the way to
Northland, meeting my mate Larry along the way with all three of us
riding to Larry and Karon's place for the night.
Next day Larry acted as tour guide,
showing us some of the beautiful rides up to Kaitaia. From there,
Dave and I rode up to Cape Reinga, then along the northeast shore of New
Zealand back to Larry and Karon's, where we took Larry out for a nice
Italian meal. We also finished off the bottle of amazing Ardbeg that
had been a good companion on the journey.
Last day. We said goodbye to Larry and
Karon, took the ferry from Opua to Russel and rode down the east
coast of the North Island back to home, via Tutakaka. Final stop
before parting ways was at the Puhoi Pub to toast the completion of a
marvelous week of great riding and companionship. Thanks Dave!!!
All the photos here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108481211284683809830/DaveAndMichealNorthIslandBlat
