for those heading out to kawhia and want a bit more of a trip finishing up around Morrinsville heres a weee suggestion..

Heres the GPS routing. can be found on AA Maps Waikato BOP map.

PS and if the map says its gravel its lying I have ridden all these roads and only one has about 2kms of gravel

its called the follow ya nose route

99.96% of this route is sealed

Sh29 left kawhia harbour road just prior Oparau
left te wautere road
left taharoa road
left te anga road
right fullerton road (INSEETINSEE BIT OF GRAVEL)
right oparure road
left mairoa road
Pio Pio town
Straight across Aria road
Aria town
Left Ohura road
Left mokauiti road
Left ramaroa road
Right sh4
Right ohura road
Towards whagamomona
Left river road
Taumaranui
Head north - Left sh4
Right waimiha onagrue road
Straight onto poro o taroa roa
Left sh30
Right at st end of tekuiti onto rangototo road
Straight barber road
Left waipa river road
Straight tauroroa roa
Left chindle
Straight pawhenua east road
Right mangatutu road
Left wharepuhunga road
Right lethbridge road
Left bailey road
Left wharepapa sth road
Bryces café
Head sth aotearoa road
Left kaherekau road

Long detour here for those with super hard ass

Right onto waipapa road
Straight onto SH30
Thru to just prior dam

Right Kaahu road
Left pohipi road
Left tirohonga road
Atiamuri
Left sh1 for 600 metres
Left ongoroto road
Right sh32 towars tokoroa
Left onto old taupo road
Left waotu road
Right onto lake arapuni road
Left darby road
Left at end and over dam
long detour rejoins oreipunga road


Easy option
Left waipapa road
right pukewhau road
left mangere road (no u r not back in Jaffaland)
right onto rotongata road
straight ahead here onto oreipunga road

back together again

cary ontowards Cambridge on east side of river
onto Maungatautiri road
right over karapiro dam
right onto sh1
left karapiro road
right onto taotaoroa road
left sh29
left puketutu road
left onto buckland road
onto karapiro road
right onto whithall road
right ontobrunskill road
right onto temiro road
straight flume road
right fencourt
right victorai road
right onto tauwhare road
right SH 26
find ya own way home

if this is not long enough can extend into taupo rotorua murapara teteko area

I also have a gravel route but that is a few more miles heading thru marakopa into nth taranaki thru awakino mokau ohura etc