01 Cape Reinga - distance signs

02 Ninety Mile Beach - anything anywhere on the beach

03 Tane Mahuta - tree

04 Poutu Point

04B Alt route: Matakohe Post and Telegraph Office

05 Mt Eden summit

06 Between Thames and Te Aroha - a cow or sheep

07 Matamata i-SITE

08 Centre of North Island

09 Ongarue Spiral

10 Bridge to Nowhere

11 Drury Hill

12 Totara Reserve in Pohangina Valley

13 Ekatahuna - the giant kiwi

14 Rimutaka Summit Tunnel - southern end

15 Cook Strait Ferry - anything, anywhere from the ferry

16 Maungatapu Saddle

17 Lake Rotoroa - from the jetty

18 Maruia Saddle - the beech forest

19 Waiuta Track boardwalk [It's around-about here]

20 Greymouth Bar

21 Hokitika Clock Tower

22 Lake Ianthe

23 Fox Glacier - from the carpark or glacier lookout

24 Knights Point Lookout

25 Haast Pass saddle

26 Hawea Walkway Bridge

27 Cardona Hotel

28 Queenstown

29 Between Mossburn and Invercargill - a random Southland local

30 Bluff distance signs

1.1 Cape Reinga to Rangiora Ferry Terminal

1.2 Rangiora Ferry Terminal to Rawene boat trip 001

1.3 Rawene to Dargaville

1.4 Dargaville to Pouto Point (boat pickup) 001

1.5 Optional Kaipara Harbour bypass 001

1.6 Kaipara Harbour charter boat trip

1.7 Parakai to Auckland 001

2.1 Auckland central to Taumaranui 003

2.2 Optional Ardmour to Miranda via coast 002
Take this option if you want a more scenic route - but only during mid-week. On the weekends it's too popular with car day trippers to be enjoyable.

2.3 Optional 500m side trip to Ongarue Store 001

3.1 Taumaranui to Mangaparua Landing

3.2 Whanganui jetboat trip

3.3 Pipiriki to Wellington Ferry Terminal

3.4 Optional Durie Hill elevator alternative (hill climb)
If the elevator is closed you'll have to climb the hill yourself by this option.

3.5 Wgtn Ferry Terminal To Bluebridge Ferry Terminal
If you're catching a Bluebridge ferry instead take this extra bit.

3.6 Cook Strait boat trip 001

4.1 Picton to Greymouth

4.2 Optional start from Bluebridge Ferry wharf
If you're getting off the Bluebridge ferry you have to go this way.

4.3 Optional Pathway Link into Ngakuta Bay
A nice mountain bike alternative. (This off-road trail is slowly being extended west, in different segments.)

4.4 Old route via Dovedale and Sunday Creek Rd

4.5 Flood Bypass - Reefton to Hukarere on Hway7
Use this bypass only if Big River is in flood. Check with DOC in Reefton for river conditions.

5.1 Greymouth to Queenstown

5.2 Wet weather (high river) bypass
Use this only if it has been raining heavily for the last day or more, i.e., if the Wainihinihi Creek is likely to be in flood.

5.3 Optional Fox Glacier Carpark walk to Glacier Lookout

5.4 Wanaka Outlet constuction only bypass

5.5 Wanaka Outlet full bypass via suburbs

6.1 Earnslaw Ferry boat trip 001

6.2 Walter Peak to Bluff