Orange Bike Ride 2023 - 30 April - even better than last year
Orange Bike Ride 2023 – Kāpiti 30 April - UPDATE
The weather forecast is fine and already more registrations than last year.
So come and join us for this annual event at Otaihanga Domain as a participant or spectator.
Arrival from 9.30am, start at 10am and prize giving (best orange rider and bike) by 11.30am.
Information and registrations at: Orange Bike Ride 2023 - Paraparaumu - Eventfinda
Dutch biscuits for everybody, plus games and activities for the children upon finishing the track, hosted by the council.
Full O Beans Coffee will be there with their coffee cart, serving Dark Horse.
Philip Verstraaten
Waikanae
Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.
We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.
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