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AWANDER through THE WAIRARAPA

As the time to lead the promised Wairarapa touring trip for my 4WD club approached, I realised that I needed a more robust plan than my usual “I wonder where this left turn goes,” and a string of dead ends.

That is not to say that some of my dead ends have not turned out to be very pleasant places, but for this trip a more organised approach was required. I had the general idea of spending the morning exploring some of the dead-end access roads into the Tararuas then in the afternoon loop back to

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