Turangi trip
Jul 19, 2019
4 minutes
Story and photos by David Coxon.
Of course we couldn’t just take SH 1 to Turangi, so we started our trip by leaving SH1 just after Bulls, heading through Marton to follow a couple of more remote back roads through the hills to join the Turakina Valley road.
This was an excellent choice as the road turned to gravel once we reached the hills and we found some amazing views across the rolling hills with Mt Ruapehu in the distance. I don’t know why, but for some reason I always find the views much better from gravel roads.
The road continued to alternate between gravel and seal as we worked our way up the Turakina
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