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Touring through rural history Exploring the backblocks in convoy

While Ashley and I always enjoy travelling by ourselves and just exploring to see what is there, we also enjoy running touring trips for the 4WD club to showcase some of the more interesting areas we have found. This month we had a club trip around the Mangaweka area, with a short day getting to Mangaweka from Wellington via some backroads, a day exploring the Mangaweka area, then a final day across to Ashhurst to end the trip.

After meeting up near Paraparaumu, we enjoyed the new expressway for the run north, stopping at

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