"Great Routes Of NZ: Dinsdale To Raglan"
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What route are G Lane and Finn Caddie taking from Dinsdale to Raglan?
One, two. OK. Radio Mashie, fire up the GWM Canon Alpha. Right, let me just shift this into gear. Yep. It's a little bit like a spaceship. Yeah, there we go. So welcome along to New Zealand's greatest routes. Now, this one here, Mashie, obviously, I mean, look, there's been a bit of criticism that most of our routes are just basically based around Hamilton and Auckland. Yep. And that's a valid criticism. But... We are going over to the World Surf League and this is a route that is travelled quite often, particularly from the people of Waikato.
Yeah I've got to be honest, I've never done this route so this is a first time for me and if you are a virgin as well listening along to this for the first time, welcome. Shall we just say that maybe we're passing the liquor land which is on our right about now.
What are the highlights of the Hamilton Zoo mentioned during the drive?
Yes, right now, so you can kick it off. Now, that'd be good. You could probably kick it off just before the supermarket, actually. The Woolworths should probably get you there in time. But the Great Roots podcast, if you've just tuned in, you go, what the hell is this? This is a podcast, a real-time road trip podcast in which if you're... doing this route, or if you're not, you just basically, you can drive along with us. So you can press play in Dinsdale. Yep. The wonderful suburb of Dinsdale. There's some nice oranges actually just over there on the right. The Hamilton Zoo is just up there on the right too. The Hamilton Zoo What's going on at the Hamilton Zoo? You'd quite like the Hamilton Zoo, Meshie.
What makes State Highway 23 significant for travelers?
I mean, it's got a lot of rhinos. Specialises in rhinos. Okay. Did have an incident with a tiger attacking a keeper a few years ago. Yeah, I remember that. But the rhinos, it's worth going just for them. Okay. But we're on State Highway 23 now. Okay, Meshie? I've got to be honest, this car, she drives like a dream. Yeah, the GWM Canon Alpha, it's on EV mode as well, which means we've been on it most of the time, so... It does over 120km's on the EV only.
Yep so we've done one episode of this in the past, you took us through the drive from, or the route from Auckland to Hamilton. It was a massive success, well what we're calling a success anyway. So what have you got in store for us today, of course you walked us through so many of your formative memories while we did that route because that meant a lot to you.
What are the cultural references and humor shared about Hamilton?
So on today's route, have you done some research?
Yeah look this is State Highway 23, this is known as the getaway to the west. Okay. Okay so like I mean much maligned is the Tron being a landlocked city that it is obviously had some bad media around chlamydia and whatnot but having been in the midst of that during the height of the chlamydia triangle. Yeah. I could just say this route here is a route that refreshes The Hamiltonian. You go out west, out to the coast, out to Raglan. A lot of work's being done on this State Highway 23 and we'll talk about it in a minute. The Divvy. Look forward to it. The Divvy, which is the new bypass they put in not long ago to get to Raglan.
Do you think that climate reputation that Hamilton had for so long, and still maybe has to this day, was fair?
Oh, look, it was fair because, I mean, there was a significant amount of chlamydia was traced back to three pubs, and that was the Bank, the Outback, and the Loaded Hog, all on Hood Street, Victoria Street there, and it was rife. They traced it back to those three pubs.
What alternative lifestyle is associated with Raglan?
And look, you live and you learn, you know. We got maligned with that for quite some time at the Tron, but luckily for us, Whangarei came along and said, you don't want to have none of that, and they have held the title ever since. I think for the past maybe 15 to 20 years, Whangarei have... Taken out the capital. Of Chlamydia? The Chlamydia capital, yeah. Hamilton's kind of moved on from there a little bit. More moved on to teenage pregnancies and whatnot. Yeah, okay. But yeah, stay at Highway 23 here. There's one road in, one road out, out to the west here. Used quite a lot, I mean 16,000 cars a day in the top of this State Highway 23, by the time you get to Raglan it kind of drops off to about 4,500 cars per day.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What route are G Lane and Finn Caddie taking from Dinsdale to Raglan?
0:11–0:56
2
What are the highlights of the Hamilton Zoo mentioned during the drive?
0:56–1:35
3
What makes State Highway 23 significant for travelers?
1:35–2:22
4
What are the cultural references and humor shared about Hamilton?
2:22–3:25
5
What alternative lifestyle is associated with Raglan?
3:25–4:14
6
What are the main attractions and activities in Raglan?
4:14–4:45
7
How does Raglan compare to other popular destinations in New Zealand?
4:45–5:12
8
What final thoughts do the hosts share about their experience in Raglan?
5:12–35:29