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Guest18/08/2010 at 8:49 amPost count: 2134This will be a “Big Day Out” Ride. It's over 500 kms, say seven and a half hours on the road. So we'll break it up with plenty of spells, but it is still not going to be a ride for the faint of heart, or soft of butt. Down via Tauranga, home via Manawahe, Hamurana and the Mamakus. Note that we are leaving early, 0830. And for now that's the only ride in the month of October, until I work out what fits with my holidays at the end of the month. That's MY TIME! 👿
what 500kms = 5hrs
Where can you buy a burger in Matata? At the Matata Hotel? Aunties Cafe? Or is there some other place you can get a meal?There are a couple of gravel road options running more or less parallel to the intended route as you leave Matata if anyone is interested.
Guest20/08/2010 at 9:13 pmPost count: 2134what 500kms = 5hrsAgreed, if I'm by myself and your colleagues are not around to catch me when I'm making up time after passing through civilization or roadworks. Where can you buy a burger in Matata? At the Matata Hotel? Aunties Cafe? Or is there some other place you can get a meal?Yes. Aunties burgers are very, umm, traditional. The chips are normally good old fashioned greasies, too. Just the job!Or is there some other place you can get a meal?Not that I'm aware of.I'm very conscious of the fact that I haven't been making any special arrangements for the lads on their chook-chasers (and Gerda), but I'm not even going to go and recce rides for them on my eleven-hundy-ess or the wife's tiny-wheeled Burgman. They do, from time to time, rock up and meet at us lunch, with big smiles on their faces, so they don't appear to be suffering.
what 500kms = 5hrs
You'd be speeding Steve?
The Matata straights are not the place to speed, it must be one of the most coffer filling roads in the country 🙄
I'm very conscious of the fact that I haven't been making any special arrangements for the lads on their chook-chasers (and Gerda), but I'm not even going to go and recce rides for them on my eleven-hundy-ess or the wife's tiny-wheeled Burgman. They do, from time to time, rock up and meet at us lunch, with big smiles on their faces, so they don't appear to be suffering.
No need for extensive recce on this one. After lunch, send the dirt riders back towards Tauranga, to turn left up Herepuru Rd, opposite Murphy's Motor Camp on SH2. Meet with them where Herepuru Rd joins up with Manawahe Rd. A bit further on, send them onto Manawahe Rd (by Manawahe School) where you continue along Matahi Rd. Join up with them where Manawahe Rd hits SH30, between Rotoma and Rotoehu. Alternatively for more gravel send them from Matahi Rd up Rendall Rd, turning left onto Manawahe Rd towards SH30.The ride times should be similar for the sealed and the gravel alternatives.
Guest23/08/2010 at 4:48 pmPost count: 2134Thanks for that – it's years since I've been through the area, and local councils have a bad habit of sealing roads. 😛
what 500kms = 5hrs
You'd be speeding Steve?
no unlike you guys I keep off the big roads with all the towns and cafes
Aunty's Cafe was closed when I went past a few days ago. But looking at it I'd say it wouldn't quite live up to the the demands of some of the fussier potential members of your entourage. 😀http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.888521,176.759033&spn=0.007553,0.012445&z=17&layer=c&cbll=-37.888493,176.758909&panoid=abWIv4r2G3zhKGU2qz0Yig&cbp=12,203.13,,0,5My suggestion would be to stop for lunch at Paengaroa, where you have at least 3 possible venues. Kiwi360, Comvita, and The Funky Lizard. The first two were good when I last tried them a few years ago. I haven't tried the Funky Lizard.From Paengaroa it's a more direct route back to Auckland down SH33 and through Hamurana Rd for those wanting to return earlier. Otherwise through Old Coach Rd to Otamarakau and on to Matata after lunch for the longer ride. There are several gravel routes through to SH36, SH33 or SH30 for a slightly shorter return ride. See, for example:http://www.softnz.com/GravelRide1/BoPGravelRides1.htmland the following rides.If you let us know when and where you're passing through Tauranga I'll probably join you for part of the ride.
Guest17/09/2010 at 4:13 amPost count: 2134Aunty's Cafe was closed when I went past a few days ago. But looking at it I'd say it wouldn't quite live up to the the demands of some of the fussier potential members of your entourage. 😀
Are you, perchance, implying that amongst us splendid folk from Dorkland there are a few poncy Herberts? It is precisely for the shock value (to them) that I was considering Aunty's. I wouldn't take them to the pub: their food used to be quite interesting, too, back in the day. If Aunty's have closed the doors, there will probably be a lot less cholesterol loose in the wilds of Eastern BOP - it was a regular nosh stop over the years as members of the Viet Vets cohort fell off the perch and we headed for their tangi.Paengaroa would be the go for lunch then, mebbe late brunch, and I have never been over Old Coach Road that I can recall: looks pretty interesting on the map. I definitely don't get around the country as much as you, Arne, still have to go to work for "the Man", and by the time I hit retirement I won't be able to afford it because my retirement income will have been spent on BMWOR poncy lunches.We will head into Tauranga via SH2 about 1030 (we are very staid bikers), shoot down 15th Ave, then dog-leg to Welcome Bay Road (I so hate this planning in advance, people get the impression that I have a scheme, and know where I'm going, often not true.) Can you suggest a coffee stop along the route through Tauranga at which we could meet, O Fount of Local Knowledge?
Sorry, I didn't mean permanently closed. I meant closed for the day, so I couldn't go in and check out the fancy menu. Aunty's is still open, but it's closed on some days and at certain times of the day. If you have an ulterior motive for going there, and don't mind some revolting participants, then go right ahead. 😉You can still take Old Coach Rd. It's a good ride, but you have to stay awake and keep an eye on road signs, as it takes some unexpected turns.At Te Puna, on the corner of SH2 and Clarke Rd, there is a cafe called Cafe Paradiso. I haven't tried it, but it seems busy every time I go past.http://www.eatout.co.nz/Tauranga/Restaurants/Cafe-Paradiso.htmlThere are several other options for coffee stops on SH2, including Browny's on the corner of SH2 and Lockington Rd. It was put into receivership and closed some weeks ago, but has recently reopened with the original chef, Thursday to Sunday only for the time being. Closer to Tauranga there are some options at the Bethlehem shopping centre, but none that I can particularly recommend.I still have to work to help maintain BMW's profit margins, but have very flexible working hours. So occasionally I get the opportunity to try some local roads that I haven't been on before.
Menu from Funky Lizard cafe is attached.(hint hint :-D)poncy Herbert
There will be live music at the Funky Lizard on Sunday, so if you do decide to go there they will need to know beforehand how many are coming. Give them a call after 9am on 07-533-6010 to reserve a table or two.
Closer to Tauranga there are some options at the Bethlehem shopping centre, but none that I can particularly recommend.
Don't they sell the best pies in the country at Bethlehem Arne 👿 I called by when we were at the HAN but the queue was round the block so we didn't stop to try their wares.Malcolm
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