Aucland to Wellington, How Long?
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Topic: Aucland to Wellington, How Long?
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: Aucland to Wellington, How Long?
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 4:48pm
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How long would it take to drive from Auckland to Wellington? I want to go there next saturday to pick up a car and drive it home. I would be flying at 7am from Chch, arrive at 8.20am. Hoping we can be on our way by 9am. Would i make it intime for a ferry at 6.15pm? Or should i go for one in the morning Sunday?
TIA ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:05pm
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Its about 8hrs, not including stops.
Where's the car? Did you want me to check it out for you? ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:05pm
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Hi Kandice
From memory it takes about 9 hours. This isn't taking into account stops for food, petrol & the toilet  . I think you'd need to be in Wellington an hour before the ferry departs so I'd say that going on Sun morning would be far better. You wouldn't want to get a flat tyre or something along the way.
It must be a great car if you're prepared to come all the way up here to collect it  -------------    
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:13pm
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Its the only car i feel i like. Its the first newer (well newer than my 1977) iv ever bought. Its a 1993 Mazda Sentia. Apparently its a nice travelling luxary car.
Mel, would you check it out? Only if he is near you? The guy seems nice too. Hes going to pick us up from the airport and everything. Because iv never been to the north island, hes writing us directions and giving us maps. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:15pm
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Kandice I think it only takes about 7-8 hours, depending on where in Aucklan dyou are picking up the car. It can take hours just to get out of Auckland.
Its a pretty easy run now and you do need to be at the ferry 1 hour before. |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:17pm
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Well he said he is 20 mins away from the Airport, i havent exactly asked where lol maybe i should! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:46pm
| Gosh that sounds like a mega effort for a car! Hope its everything u want! |
Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:50pm
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We did the trip in 7 hours no stop included.
I have done it in 8 and also 9 with a stops in Taupo. |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 5:56pm
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I think you would be pretty sweet with 8 hours. I cant imagine you drive too slowly . Whenever we have done it we normally drive non stop till Waiouru and have a bite to eat at the Army Museum cafe and then carry on to Welly. There are a couple of places you can miss the turn and go the wrong way. Somewhere around Shannon and/or Bulls. And there is a speed camera in Bulls!!!!!!
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 6:02pm
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If its not to far away from us, I or DH could have a look at it. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 6:36pm
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It takes 6 hours to get from Bulls to Auckland with a toilet stop at Waioru and lunch stop at Taupo. Its another 2 hours from Bulls to Wellington Ferry terminal.
You do need to be at the ferry terminal 1 hour before it leaves. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 6:48pm
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We used to travel Auckland to Wellington alot when we were younger. You are looking at 7-8 hours on a good run, no stops. As you are not familiar with the roads I would suggest you take a Sunday morning ferry, it would take the pressure off and be alot safer. Plus are you travelling alone or taking the family? I can't imagine Jack being happy to sit in his car seat for that long without stops.
Drive safely! ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:54pm
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Please don't tell me you are taking the kiddo - it will take FOREVER if you have Kylah - just a warning. I'll assume you aren't!!
It usually takes me 5ish hours to get back to Rotorua and then 2.5 to Auckland from there (depending on where in Auckland - it's quite a long way from north to south!). |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:55pm
| And just incase you need to factor it in, you need to check in the car 1hr before the ferry leaves |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:06pm
LOL, it's a long bloody way with the gremlins and Isla in the car that's for damn sure. Oops, we only went as far as Palmy.  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:17pm
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Last time I drove up to Auckland it took over 11 hours (from Wellington to Glenfield on the North Shore). Granted north shore's further than you want to go and I did have two kids with me and everything that could go wrong with the trip did go wrong.
We had a car sick child. Plenty of stops along the way so the kids could stretch their legs. Road works in several places which slowed us down considerably. Then when we finally got into auckland it was peak hour so we were stuck in slow moving traffic when we got a flat and had to pull over at the greenlane turnoff to unpack the boot, grab the spare, change the tyre, repack the boot and head on our way. To play it safe I'd catch the morning ferry and have a rest in Wellington before catching the ferry and driving the rest of the way home on Sunday am. -------------  
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:25pm
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I've just had all our wedding guests travel between Akl to Palmy and Palmy to Wellington it would seem there are roadworks the length of State Highway 1 at this time of year.
And yeap it usually takes us another 2hours to get from the end of the Southern Motorway to West Auckland, the joys of Auckland traffic. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 8:08am
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Wow.
No Kylah is staying with my mum. I couldnt think of trying to take her awell. But i will buy her stuff lol. Ok we want to stop in Rotorua? Just for a quick look. We are either going to catch the 1am ferry or more into the morning like 6 or 7 if there is one. It is a long way to go for a car but its more i wanted an excuse to just do something out of the blue. Plus its a car i want and there are none down here. Mel i will find out where he lives. Are there markets in Auckland on Saturday DF said something about Otara markets? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 9:05am
Yay road tripping. Rotorua might be a bit off track tho. The quickest way from Wlg would be SH 1 to Waioru, 49a past Ohakune, 4 past national park, 3 & then 1 from Hamilton. But since your up these ways why not look around ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 9:14am
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Yeah i was looking at a map and Rotorua looked off track.. Hmmm not sure. Maybe we are better going the quick way. But i would like to see Rotorua.
Im booking my flights to Auckland today. Only $79 each, i thought that was ok. The guy we are buying the car off is getting it serviced the Friday so its all going to be going good. Excited Excited. Well better get ready for work now. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 9:55am
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It isn't that much further through Rotorua... if you wanna visit then do it!
What do ya wanna see in Vegas? I'm from there so can point ya in the right direction if you want. And definitely a good excuse for a road trip - it'll be fun! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 10:02am
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Im not sure, i dont know much about the north island. Just want to go there i guess? Take some nice photos, Maybe have lunch/dinner in a nice place.
We will be in wellington for awhile too while waiting for a ferry, whats something good to see there? I really like photos.. DF wants to go shopping! Lol, i thought i was suposed to say that. What ar the malls like in Auckland? We probaly wont make it in time for malls in Wellington. Yeah i cant wait i thought it was a good excuse too! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 10:17am
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Get .mel to take you to dressmart ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 11:18am
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Nice photos in Rotorua? Hrmmmm... well, there are the Government gardens/bath house which is gorgeous.
In town there are quite a few cool cafes - Zippy Central, Fat Dog, Relish etc |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 11:48am
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Is rotorua not that big? Maybe we could spend a couple hours in Auckland instead and just go the quck way home.. Im going to get some maps from work today and have a decent look! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 12:13pm
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What do ya mean by big? It's not small... but then definitely no Auckland!!
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 3:38pm
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I guess i should get about and about more lol. I think we might just spend a few hopurs in Auckland instead. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 4:08pm
Sure why not? It's like a 5min walk from my house! Which is about a 15min drive from the airport. You should go to Sylvia Park. You can go thru Rotorua to get to Taupo or you can go the other way thru Tirau. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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lilfatty wrote:Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 20 March 2008 at 7:42am
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Ok so he lives in Blockhouse bay, thats where we are picking the car up from. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |