January 2023 Road Trip
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Day 1 Tauranga to Otorohanga
Day 2 Otorohanga to New Plymouth. Stopping off in Te Kuiti, Awakino
Day 3 Wet, in NP
Day 4 NP to Stratford
Day 5 Stratford to Whanganui,stoppingoff in Hawera, Waipipi wind farm.
Day 6 Whanganui to Ohakune,stopping off at Raetihi
Day 7 Ohakuneto Taupo, visiting Horopito
Day 8 Taupo to Tauranga
Highlights:
Festival of Lights
Wind Farm
State Highway 4 – Whanganui to Raetihi
ChocolateÉclair at Ohakune
Smash Palace, Horopito
MakatoteViaduct
Walk-arounds in Te Kuiti, Awakino,Hawera, Ohakune
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4 The Star Hotel, Kihikihi c 1883
St Andrews, Kihikihi
Waipa River Bridge, Otorohanga
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The Shearer, Te Kuiti
Building, Te Kuiti
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Old Awakino Post Office, now accommodation
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Festival of Lights – New Plymouth
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Overnight stop in Stratford due to weather. The picture does not show how miserable the weather was.
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Eltham Police Station
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Inside the old Eltham Argus printing building
Hawera
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Old Bank buildings in all the small towns
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Water tower
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Hawera water tower
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Square version of St Mary's belfry
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https://museumofsouthtaranaki.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/waverley.pdf
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Drive-by shooting
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La carotte
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Half gone
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One of many hundred at Horopito (Smash Palace)
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Makatohe Viaduct - SH4