The Mangawhai/Waipu Cove Run

Z Club · Post by **Z Club** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:34 pm

What: The Mangawhai/Waipu Cove Run
When: Sunday 18th April 2010
Time: Meet at 10.00am
Where: BP Quickstop Silverdale on the motorway (with the Toll payment facility), 6kms north of Oteha Valley Road offramp & 6kms before Silverdale offramp.
What to bring: Full tank of gas, money for lunch, friends/family, beach towel (for anyone wanting to swim), sun tan lotion, camera, money for Toll Road/Tunnel 2 x $2 = $4 (if you haven't paid online), gold coins for our club charity St Johns.
Toll Road website: http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/tollroad/index.html
Website: http://www.mangawhai.co.nz/Index2.cfm
Lunch at 12pm: The Smashed Pipi http://smashedpipi.com/menus.php
40 Moir Street, Mangawhai, Northland, ph: (09) 431 4848
Event organiser: Bronzee

We will travel from BP Quickstop Silverdale (on the motorway) up State Highway 1, to the Twin Coast Discovery route up Mangawhai Road, stop at The Smashed Pipi for lunch.

Depending on how we go for time & weather, then if everyone is keen will travel up Cove Road to Waipu Cove & enjoy some great scenery & fabulous roads. Then back along a similar path (or via one of the other roads) or possibly SH1 home, & to avoid the traffic at Wellsford turn into State Highway 16.

We may stop in at a chocolaterie in Mangawhai along the way.

If people from Whangaporoa/Orewa/Warkworth areas or north could please indicate attendance, as we may need to have a meet point north for you.

Come and enjoy some great roads and picturesque scenery.

willythefish · Post by **willythefish** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:23 pm

Smashed Pipi cafe at the village is pretty good, I'll get a report on the pub used to have a nice out door area.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:46 pm

willythefish wrote:Smashed Pipi cafe at the village is pretty good, I'll get a report on the pub used to have a nice out door area.

Excellent, that was one of the ones I was looking at.

Is the parking good??? Ie, Zed friendly?

us2 · Post by **us2** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:42 am

Hope its a fine day.Im looking forward to this .Some excellent roads.
Is the date flexible if it's raining?

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:47 pm

Too hard to change the date on the day, unless we get a cyclone warning or something like that. So the date will stay as is.

Don't mention the "R" word.

zara · Post by **zara** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:01 am

I'm in unless something urgent pops up! Haven't been out with other Z's in ages!

us2 · Post by **us2** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:37 am

Hope you make it Zara.

A run in our Zed with nice people in cool cars is something we enjoy

Z Club · Post by **Z Club** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:35 am

Lunch venue confirmed.

Z Club · Post by **Z Club** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:14 pm

Don't miss out on these fabulous roads up North!

ZILVER · Post by **ZILVER** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:56 pm

Im in - Heh, still got to rid the Zed of the fuel I sourced from Taupo/Feb Track day

The chocolaterie ~ what do you mean may stop there? It is the ideal brunch stop off!

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:09 pm

ZILVER wrote:The chocolaterie ~ what do you mean may stop there? It is the ideal brunch stop off!

Need some blood in the chocolate stream??!!

ZILVER · Post by **ZILVER** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:32 pm

Need some blood?

Thats like asking if a Werewolf would prefer a Snickers bar over a jugular.

zara · Post by **zara** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:11 pm

Gina, if you're reading this, come along!

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:33 pm

Anyone else?? 14 Zeds at this stage.

zara · Post by **zara** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:18 pm

A friend of mine, Jason, (you've met him before at Brett's Bronzee)might want to come along in his BMW 545i Msport. Is that alright? It'll depend but he's pretty keen for a drive.