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The Route for the Ride
This was the Route we took...
Day1 Thursday 6/3/08
10.00 Left from the car park of Te Papa Museum in Wellington
12.15 Arrived Palmerston North for lunch at Addis House, hosted by Manawatu Cancer Society
13.15 Left Palmerston North
15.15 Arrived Hawera for afternoon tea at Morrieson's Cafe on Victoria Street
16.00 Left Hawera
17.30 Arrived New Plymouth
Day 2 Friday 7/3/08
10.00 Left New Plymouth
13.00 Arrived Waitomo for lunch
14.30 Left Waitomo
16.00 Arrived Huntly for afternoon tea
16.30 Left Huntly
18.00 Arrived Auckland
TOTAL: 379kms
Day 3 Saturday 8/3/08
10.00 Left Auckland
12.30 Arrived Whangamata for lunch
13.30 Left Whangamata
15.00 Arrived Te Aroha for afternoon tea
15.30 Left Te Aroha
17.00 Arrived Tauranga
TOTAL: 343km
Day 4 Sunday 9/3/08
Free Day. For those who wished to do their own thing, this was the ideal day for it. Rotorua and Taupo and the lakes were all within easy reach from Tauranga, and there were good beaches for riders who preferred to use the day to just chill out. A structured ride for today wasn't planned but some of the riders went to Thumpers Cafe in Whakatane for lunch and were escorted as far as the destination - Opotiki - by members of the Gisborne Motorcycle Club
Overnight stop was at Opotiki
Day 5 Monday 10/3/08
10.00 Left Opotiki
13.00 Arrived Hicks Bay for Lunch
14.00 Left Hicks Bay
15.15 Arrived in Tokomaru Bay for afternoon tea
15.45 Left Tokomaru Bay
17.15 Arrived Gisborne
TOTAL: 330kms
Day 6 Tuesday 11/3/08
10.00 Left Gisborne
13.00 Arrived Napier for lunch
14.00 Left Napier
16.00 Arrived Woodville for afternoon tea
16.30 Left Woodville
17.30 Arrived Masterton
TOTAL: 397km
Day 7 Wednesday 12/3/08
10.30 Left Masterton/W'GTON BEEHIVE
TOTAL: 100kms
The event is scheduled to end at 2pm on the final day, after petitions have been presented to politicians.
These routes, times and destinations allowed for travel avoiding morning rush hours, ensuring realistic times for lunch and coffee breaks, and civilized finishing times to give riders and pillions their evenings free to do as they wished. The route was designed to maximise enjoyment of the ride, at the same time as providing destinations where appropriate accommodation was available for Participants.
The actual dates of the ride were organised in accordance with Parliamentary Sitting times.
Where's Rupert?
Riders will be given a sheet of thumbnail pictures of this intrepid little tartan-trousered traveller in various obscure locations around New Zealand.
They have to try to work out where he is, in each picture. The person with the most correct answers gets a bulging bagful of motorcycle goodies.
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