Forgotten World Highway
My partner & I decided (well I told him) to drive along the Forgotten World Highway between Taumarunui and Stratford (most people tend to go from Stratford to Taumarunui) a couple of weekends ago on our way home from Taupo.
If you like green countryside it is definately well worth the journey, although we had a pretty crap day it was still a good trip - although quiet long when you factor in having to get back home from Stratford.
We started out at Taumarunui at about 10AM and began our journey on the highway - firstly filling up with gas (the signs saying no gas for 150KM - they are not shitting you at all, you are going to the middle of nowhere).
Our journey began in fog for around half an hour -still a nice drive so can’t complain too much! Now to warn you, there are signs saying there are lookouts and stuff and we are sure they pointed to nowhere - might may to try and pick up a map or something to find out where these places actually are.
We both agreed that the non-sealed section of the ’highway’ was the best part of our journey, including the 180Metre single laned Moki tunnel which is just drilled straight through the middle of a hill basically.
Don’t be afraid to go off down some of the side roads, we went down a couple and found a small waterfall and a train tunnel - both of which were worth the extra effort, although if you have been driving for more than 10 mins or so down a random road, unless you have a map it might pay to turn around, who knows where you will end up?!?!?!
All in all for the amount of time it took I will not be going back to do it again in a hurry, but it was some amazing scenery and I am glad I have crossed it off my list of things to do in NZ!
Next Weekend: New Plymouth Coastal Walk & Surf Highway
Posted by mooloo on 06-12-2008 at 10:06 pm
Posted in New Zealand, Taranaki
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