The South Island is Famous

[Kiwi XTR2]

You've probably seen this before . . .

10 Great Road Trips

Anyone done more than four of these ?

[GravelBen]

Haha well I've been lots of places in the South Island, can I count it twice?



PS of course its famous, what do you expect when people like me live here?

[Kiwi XTR2]

Looks up dictionary to find defintions of "famous" and "infamous" . . .

[Kiwi Carguy]

Finally found something to do with all that time off Graham

Where are you starting?

[iain a]

Thats the summer holiday planned then...

[GravelBen]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

Looks up dictionary to find defintions of "famous" and "infamous" . . .

oh. yes, thats a good point. um.


plenty of nice roads down here anyway

[Davislove]

oh my god the roads in the south island are beautiful..........my friend and I drove the south island from Queenstown up to Christchurch, Picton, then down the West coast for a week......stunning, I miss the place a lot and my friend has no intention of coming back!

[GravelBen]

No intention of coming back? why?

[Davislove]

GravelBen said:

No intention of coming back? why?

Maybe I didn't explain right............my friend emigrated to NZ 10 years ago and I was visiting him, he has no intention of coming back to UK

[GravelBen]

Oh I see, now that makes more sense

[Murdock]

Alas I've only managed two - the South Island (in an XR6 ) and the Ring of Kerry (in an '87 Nissan Bluebird ). Oh well, gives me something to aim for I guess. The Amalfi Coast is next on the list.

[Ffirg 005]

I've done 5... Great Ocean Road yonks ago in a borrowed Lancia, Ring of Kerry in a rental Ford Ka (surprisingly entertaining handling), the Amalfi Coast two-up on a rental Vespa, the Welsh Borders in a Griffith, and the South Island on various trips over the years. Most scenic would have to be the Ring of Kerry and best drive was the welsh borders... but doing that one in the TVR might have something to do with it

[Steve-B]

i've done 3 of them, Route-66, Kerry and Wales Borders. as living in North Sydney now, looking forward to adding a few more notches to my car