Leaving Home

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AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON

Sheryll and I for ages have wanted to drive the Molesworth Station Road which is about 198 Km s long and runs between Blenheim in Marlborough and Hanmer Springs, the road is shingle all the way and is the access road for New Zealand's largest cattle station, "Molesworth Station". Molesworth covers approx 180,000 hectares and is home to New Zealand's largest herd of cattle, the road is only open to the public for a few months of the year.

On Saturday the 4th of March, after packing up the 4WD and loading on our mountain bikes we said goodbye to the kids and left Auckland headed for Paraparaumu to visit with my Mum before catching the Ferry from Wellington to Picton the following morning at 2am.

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