JACEK'S ADVENTURES
NEW ZEALAND
2014, 2015, 2016
INTRODUCTION
Even since my cousins moved to New Zealand in early 1990s, they were inviting me to visit. So, eventually I did. I bought a motorcycle there which they allowed me to keep in their garage for 2 years! During that time, I visited them 3 times and did 3 motorcycle trips: North Island, South Island, and Northland. Thank you, Krysia and Romek!
NEW ZEALAND NORTH ISLAND DECEMBER 2014
Motorcycle: Kawasaki KLR 650. Total length: 2420km.
Day 1. Dec 21. Arrival in Auckland.
Day 2. Dec 22. Auckland. Visiting bike shops.
Day 3. Dec 23. Auckland. Purchase of KLR.
Day 4. Dec 24. Auckland. Shopping for parts. Fixing.
Day 5. Dec 25. Auckland. Tawharanui beach, visiting family in Whangaparaoa.
Day 6. Dec 26. Auckland. Huia, Piha. Visiting family at Davenport.
MOTO TRIP
Moto 1 (7). Dec 27. 193 km. Auckland – #1 – #22 – Ruapuke.
Moto 2 (8). Dec 28. 294 km. Ruapuke – Waitomo – #3 – Tongaporutu Three Sisters.
Moto 3 (9). Dec 29. 361 km. Tongaporutu – #40 – Forgotten World Hwy – #3 – Whanganui River.
Moto 4 (10). Dec 30. 360 km. Whanganui – Castlepoint.
Moto 5 (11). Dec 31. 60 km. Around Castlepoint.
Moto 6 (12). Jan 1. 486 km. #52 – Waihi Falls – #52 – #2 -#50 – Napier – #2 – Waikatemoana.
Moto 7 (13). Jan 2. 28 km. Waikatemoana Lake. Electric problem with the bike.
Moto 8 (14). Jan 3. 0 km. Tow of the bike to Wairoa.
Day (15). Jan 4. 0 km. Wairoa to Auckland with Roman and Krysia.
Day (16). Jan 5. Fixing the bike In Auckland.
Day (17). Jan 6. Fixing the bike in Auckland.
Moto 9 (18). Jan 7. 306 km. Auckland – Coromandel.
Moto 10 (19). Jan 8. 294 km. Coromandel – Auckland.
Day (20). Jan 9. Auckland.
Day (21). Jan 10. Flight to Singapore.
GALLERY
NEW ZEALAND SOUTH ISLAND MARCH 2015
Motorcycle: Kawasaki KLR 650. Total length: 5115 km (3721 km around S. Island + 1394 km transit thru N. Island)
Mar 23. Arrival in Auckland.
Mar 24. Tue. Prep day in Auckland.
Day 01 Mar 25. Wed.
667 km. Auckland – #1 – Wellington.
Day 02 Mar 26. Thu.
49 km. Wellington – ferry – Picton – Rarangi. New tires, oil change.
Day 03 Mar 27. Fri.
510 km. Rarangi – Molesworth – Christchurch – Akaroa Okains Bay.
Day 04 Mar 28. Sat.
384 km. Akaroa – #72 – Fairlie – Twizel.
Day 05 Mar 29. Sun.
215 km. Twizel – Mt. Cook – Lake Ohau.
Day 06. Mar 30. Mon.
446 km. Lake Ohau – Omarama – Wanaka – Queenstown- Te Anau.
Day 07. Mar 31. Tue.
417 km. Te Anau – Milford Sound – Te Anau – Queenstown.
Day 08. Apr 01. Wed.
400 km. Queenstown- Glenorchy – Queenstown- Haast.
Day 09. Apr 02. Thu.
391 km. Haast – glaciers – Hokitika.
Day 10. Apr 03. Fri.
355 km. Hokitika – Punakaiki – Arthur’s Pass – Springfield.
Day 11. Apr 04. Sat.
402 km. Springfield – Hanmer – Rainbow Rd – Nelson.
Day 12. Apr 05. Sun.
245 km. Nelson – Marlborough – Picton – ferry – Wellington – Levin.
Day 13. Apr 06. Mon.
389 km. Levin – Rotorua.
Day 14. Apr 07. Tue.
245 km. Rotorua- Auckland.
Apr 8-9 in Auckland. Apr 10 flight to Singapore.
GALLERY
NEW ZEALAND NORTHLAND DECEMBER 2016
Motorcycle: Kawasaki KLR 650. Total: about 1000 km.
This time I did not keep track of kilometers or where I slept. It was 5 days and 4 nights and lots of nice curves plus riding the 90-mile beach (twice!), the highlight of this trip.
GALLERY
