Silverdale
Starting Point - BP Services
Turn left at Silverdale Exit onto Dairy Flat Hwy [4km]
Turn Right onto Pine Valley Road [4km]
Turn Right onto Kahikatea Flat Rd [8km]
Kaukapapa
Turn Right onto Hwy 16
[19km]
Wellsford
Regroup in lay-by at junction of SH16 & SH1.
[67km]
Turn Left onto SH1
Te Hana
Turn Right into Mangawhai Rd.
[74km]
Mangawhai
Regroup before T-junction.
[93km]
Turn Right onto Moir St, then Turn immediately Left into Mol...
Turn Right onto Moir St, then
Turn immediately Left into Molesworth Dr (sign "Mangawhai Heads")
Mangawhai Heads
1st exit at roundabout, into Mangawhai Heads Rd.
Turn Right onto Cove Rd. East [100km]
Waipu
Brunch stop at Y Not Cafe. [119km].
Also petrol stop. No more petrol for 142km
Turn Right onto Nova Scotia Drive
Waipu
Turn Right onto SH1.
[121km]
Puwera
Turn Left onto Maungakaramea Rd. Regroup after turnoff.
[148km]
Turn Right onto Snooks Road. [156km]. START OF GRAVEL SECTIO...
Turn Right onto Snooks Road.
[156km].
START OF GRAVEL SECTION
END OF GRAVEL SECTION. [158km] - Note, poor road surface nex...
END OF GRAVEL SECTION.
[158km] - Note, poor road surface next 15km.
Turn Left at T-junction onto SH14. Regroup here. [166km]
Road surface good after this point [173km]
Turn Right onto Tangowahine Valley Rd. Regroup here. [195k...
Turn Right onto Tangowahine Valley Rd. Regroup here. [195km]
Tangowahine
This next road is twisty with some loose surface, but great scenery
Keep following road Right into Murray Road. [212km]
Keep following road Right into Opouteke Rd. [218km]
Pakotai
Turn Left at T-junction (sign "Kaikohe") onto Mangakahia Rd.
Regroup here.
[222km]
Kaikohe
Regroup at junction with SH12. Shell station here for those in need, but only 35km to home.
[260km]
Turn Left onto SH12
Kaikohe
Turn Left at Westpac bank onto Station Rd East
Coffee Stop at Trumps Cafe. They close at 3:00pm.
Turn Right onto SH12.
Turn Left onto Te Pua Rd (sign "Kaitaia"). [262km]
Lake Omapere
Turn Left at T-junction onto SH1 (sign "Kaitaia & Cape Reinga").
[270km]
Okaihau
Turn Right onto Wehirua Rd (sign "Kerikeri"). Regroup here.
[274km]
Turn Right onto Waiare Rd. [276km]
Road becomes Wiroa Rd. [279km]
Kerikeri
Across roundabout at SH10.
[290km]
Turn Left into Homestead Rd (follow one-way system). [293km]
Homestead Motel