Trip Registration
When applying to register for a 4wd trip online please supply the following information. |
- Name.
- Type of vehicle (must have low range).
- Other friend’s vehicles if any.
- Amount of experience if new to 4 wheel driving, i.e. none, some or heaps.
- Contact details including mobile number.
- Another family contact phone number in case of emergency.
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Contact the relevant trip organiser ASAP to register.
Contact the trip organiser by the Thursday evening prior to the trip.
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Take note of the trip gradings below
Most, if not all trips into the bush will have overhanging bush and the possibility of damage if driven carelessly or in wet weather (this changes very fast).
Scratches on shiny vehicles are always a possibility due to the nature of 4 wheel driving in the bush.
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42nd Traverse |
This Track is now CLOSED for 4WD use from April 31st April and will reopen 1 st December.
The track is open for use from 1st December to April 31st during the summer months for 4WD use.
Please respect this track and do not venture off the main track as this is a DoC requirement to help keep this track open for public use.
The DoC Kiwi breeding team access the nest sites via these sidetracks. You will see vehicle tracks on them but please refrain from using them!
This is a Kiwi Breeding area, so NO dogs and please no driving at night when birds are active! |
Please help to keep this track open for 4wd use and do not use over the wet winter months to avoid track damage.
It remains open for mountain bikes, motorbikes & trampers, all year.
This does not seem very FAIR for 4WD drivers considering it is the 4WD clubs who are the only user group doing the maintenance & track clearing work with DoC!
Doc Info about the 42nd Traverse
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The Taupo 4WD Club organises a trip every year to help to clear the track.
Help is always appreciated. This is also a great time to visit the area and meet new people from other clubs throughout the North Island.
Keep a watch on the "What's On" listing above for the next clean up trip.
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Maratoto Track
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Wires Track |
Track is now closed for winter. DO NOT forget to donate $10 towards the maintenance of this track.
This track is closed over the winter months to help control damage from vehicles and water erosion. This is in accordance with the DoC management plan.
Please pay $10.00 toward the maintenance of this great track. There is a yellow box on the corner of Maratoto Rd & the Wires Rd. It's to help pay for the equipment to control water erosion and clear landslips for your continued use. Without this work by a small group of enthusiasts DoC would close this track for good!
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Phone 027 5242132 for recorded message regarding the status of the track.
Note that the track may be closed at any time due to wet weather!
Peter Vahry peter.vahry@xtra.co.nz
Working party's are planned in the summer to help open up the Loop track up to the stream at the bottom of the rock garden for use by club type vehicles and not solely for bush trucks.
WE NEED HELP!
Let Peter know now!
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The Loop Track now has a locked gate to stop inexperienced and ill-equiped 4WD's from entering this track.
It is NOT intended to stop 4WD Clubs from using this track. The Police & DoC have requested it because of the many requests for help from stuck and broken vehicles.
The code to the lock on the Loop track gate is avaliable for access to 4WD clubs.
Contact Peter Vahry for the Lock code.
peter.vahry@xtra.co.nz
0274 310 923
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Stadia Track |
There has been increasing pressure from Transit NZ to manage the mud getting onto the highway and barriers will be installed on both sides of the highway by the Stadia Stream. Planning for this is underway and DoC, on whose land the Stadia entrance is, are considering options that will allow restricted use.
Please note that the track is on private land and a $25.00 fee is to be paid to the land owners. Visit the NZFWDA web site for info.
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A new track to the top of the ridge bypassing the big bogs at the bottom exists but is steep and winching may be needed.
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Contact Peter for more info.
Peter Vahry peter.vahry@xtra.co.nz
Visit the NZFWDA website for more info
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Whangamomona Road
Winter closure in place |
The Whangamomona Road has been closed to 4x4 use from June 1 to September 30 by the road management committee. |
The wet weather has caused damage to repairs done during late summer and the road will not sustain 4x4 traffic. Please observe this voluntary closure. |
I have been told that driving this track in wet conditions is VERY dangerious due to the very steep terrain, slippery ground and the drop-offs at the road edge. |
TECT All Terrain Park
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Visit the TECT All Terrain Park web site keep you up to speed on a unique development that has the potential to become one of New Zealand's premier venues for active outdoor recreation - the TECT All Terrain Park.
Some 1261 hectares of land, largely comprising forestry and native bush, in between Tauranga and Rotorua was purchased by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council with the support of naming rights sponsor TECT (Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust) in 2004. Bay Community Trust provided initial loan facilities to Councils for the capital purchase of the proposed Park. An additional 385 hectares of land was brought by the councils in 2006. |
At this stage plans are underway to develop the park in stages over the next two decades. This staged development will allow different areas of the park to be developed over time to cater for a range of active and passive recreational activities including mountain biking, rallying, motocross, firearm sports, 4x4, equestrian, tramping, angling and orienteering.
The first stage of development involves the councils working with potential users to ensure their needs are built into a development plan for the park. The development plan will provide the blueprint for future development including details of the type, timing and scale of activities and required infrastructure such as public access roads.
It is anticipated that initial activities will get underway at the TECT All Terrain Park in 2008. |
Click on the Park Logo to visit the website |
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Australian 4WD TV
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Triangle TV
Auckland: Friday 9.00 pm
Saturday 10.30 pm
Waiatarua UHF ch 41 or 631.25 MHz
Remuera UHF ch 52 or 719.25 MHz
Pine Hill UHF ch 42 or 639.25 MHz
Wellington: Friday 8.00 pm
Saturday 8.00 pm
Mt Kaukau UHF ch 40 or 623.25 MHz
Baxter's Knob UHF ch 41 or 631.25 MHz
Fitzherbert UHF ch 41 or 631.25 MHz |
Stratos TV
Saturday 9.30 pm
Sky CH 89 & Freeview CH 21
TV Central
Waikato and Bay of Plenty
Tuesday 11.30 am
Friday 8.30 pm
Sunday 6.30 pm
Sky TV ch 40
UHF ch 40 or 622 MHz |
TV Rotorua
Tuesday 11.30 am
Friday 8.30 pm
Sunday 6.30 pm
UHF ch 59 or 775.25MHz
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