Road trip to Ohakune

Kiwi TJ · Apr 26, 2019

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 · Apr 26, 2019

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 · Apr 26, 2019

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 · Apr 26, 2019

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 · Apr 26, 2019

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 · Apr 26, 2019

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 · Apr 26, 2019

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

Kiwi TJ · Apr 26, 2019

Squatch said:
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 · Apr 27, 2019

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 · Apr 27, 2019

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 · Jul 10, 2022

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

Kiwi TJ · Jul 10, 2022

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

AutoCrat · Jul 10, 2022

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 · Jul 10, 2022

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 · Jul 10, 2022

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

AutoCrat · Jul 10, 2022

Kiwi TJ said:
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 · Jul 10, 2022

Kiwi TJ said:
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 · Jul 10, 2022

AutoCrat said:
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 · Jul 10, 2022

AutoCrat said:
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 · Jul 10, 2022

Kiwi TJ said:
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

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