Road trip to Ohakune

[Kiwi TJ]

Decided it was time I took a 2 day road trip , south towards the middle if the North Island, a small ski town called Ohakune, I detoured slightly and visited a vintage car wrecker yard over a number of acres then the next day did a 3 hour mountain bike trail.....I start the pics with the trip down.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

The wreckers yard was awesome ..3 hours later I had to leave and make my way to my motel
Loved the cars though, some old and new....some rare and some I just felt sorry for..
OUTSIDE FIRST...(I took dozens of photos so Im careful to bore you too much lol)

 

[Kiwi TJ]

The inside was just as great...had that musty smell of old oil, grease and dust....they had rows of stuff and lots of small room which lead into a smaller room lol
INSIDE

 

[Kiwi TJ]

The next day I woke up to a sunny warm day and a stunning view of the mountain.

So went for a drive to get a closer view before the bike ride.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

The ride is called the 'Old Coach Road' track...about 1908 is used to be the link road between to railways as the terrain was too difficult and costly to get a train track through it. Half way there is a huge viaduct that's was restored which you can cycle over.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Another viaduct and part of the original coach trail and part of the original road.
The last few pics are coming out from the forest to open fields and a long fast downhill part.....wooohoooo !!!

 

[Squatch]

Dang, Kiwi! That's some beautiful scenery, my friend!

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Dang, Kiwi! That's some beautiful scenery, my friend!

Thanks buddy, in 3 hours of mountain biking I cycled through everything from tight single tracks to big open spaces...wet muddy to dry and cobbled, uphill and down again...loved it

 

[Paparock1]

Here in the USA we use dogs in wreaking yards.... and sheep are nice here LOL

thank you for sharing all the pics. My wife and I want to visit that part of the world here in the near future!

 

[Kiwi TJ]

We call them guard sheep hehe



If you know nothing about New Zealand most people know that we have plenty of sheep here (no jokes please lol) So I had to put that photo up as its typical NZ.

 

[AutoCrat]

Wow, Very nice.. where are you based in NZ? Would love to catch up.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Thanks...Im in Auckland..Where are you ?

 

[AutoCrat]

I am in Wellington. Always looking to connect with fellow TJ owners. I am new to Jeep ownershi, recently joined here - Chief TJ

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Welcome to the forum and to Jeeps too.... This jeep thing will get under your skin thats for sure haha.
Im planning a trip down to see my parents in Chch at the end of the year , maybe early Jan...Just getting my TJ ready for the big trip at the moment.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Ive had my TJ for 10 years so Its part of the family now

 

[AutoCrat]

Welcome to the forum and to Jeeps too.... This jeep thing will get under your skin thats for sure haha.
Im planning a trip down to see my parents in Chch at the end of the year , maybe early Jan...Just getting my TJ ready for the big trip at the moment.

Would love to catch up, let me know when your are passing through Welly and if you will have time for few cold cans. Haha.

 

[AutoCrat]

Ive had my TJ for 10 years so Its part of the family now

I totally understand that feeling, you will spot another rare breed (Parked next to TJ in garage) in one of the pictures in my thread. I bought that in 2005 in USA and carrying with me everywhere ever since. Lol.

 

[Kiwi TJ]

Would love to catch up, let me know when your are passing through Welly and if you will have time for few cold cans. Haha.

Sounds like a plan.... Its gonna be a long haul...but worth every minute.
There are only a few Kiwi's on this site... allot have come for a short time and gone again.....Maybe I could make a new post to see how many Kiwi member we have on here now that are active

 

[Kiwi TJ]

I totally understand that feeling, you will spot another rare breed (Parked next to TJ in garage) in one of the pictures in my thread. I bought that in 2005 in USA and carrying with me everywhere ever since. Lol.

Yeah I did spot that... looks awesome...do you have any other pics of it ?

 

[AutoCrat]

Yeah I did spot that... looks awesome...do you have any other pics of it ?

I have got a whole long thread of me mucking around with it on IH8mud . - 1959 FJ25