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Chapter 1: 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.
Chapter 2: 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.
Chapter 3: 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.
Chapter 4: 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.
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Chapter 5: 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.
A lot of lifestylers out here Meshie.
Yeah I can imagine.
Because we've just been, we were in town, what, two or three minutes ago?
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Chapter 6: What are the main attractions and activities in Raglan?
Yeah. And now we're in the countryside here. I mean, this is beautiful. So it's a beautiful Waikato countryside. Do you get any orchards up these ways? Not a lot of orchards. I did see a few kiwifruits going in just south of Cambridge, which was interesting. But nah, just dairy country around here, mate. That's about it. And also, once you turn Interstate Highway 23, you know,
The phone service tends to weaken mashy and so does your job prospects.
Okay.
Yeah.
Right. Interesting.
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Chapter 7: How does Raglan compare to other popular destinations in New Zealand?
So what, talk to me about Raglan. I'm a boy from Christchurch. I don't really know a lot about Raglan. So that's where we're heading, of course. What are they known for? I mean, surfing feels like it's probably one of their biggest.
One of the best left-hand surf breaks in the world. Right. Okay. Down there at Manu Bay. There's all sorts of surfing going on. I mean, surfing's at its heart, really, Ragtown, but also known for its alternative lifestyle living. Yeah. So, in other words, happies. Yeah, yeah, fuckamanas is something that comes to mind for me.
Chapter 8: What final thoughts do the hosts share about their experience in Raglan?
A lot of fuckamanas, a lot of people doing fire poise. Yeah.
Shirtless, I hope.
Shirtless, yeah, a lot of ribbon dancing. Okay. You know, you can pick up a lot of knickknacks and secondhand items. Yeah. But also some pretty trendy surf shops going on there. Okay. And look, it's only, it is only a short 40-minute drive to the Tron.
Hotties?
Oh, plenty of hotties. Okay, that's good. Big tourism, big backpacker. That's good to hear. Big backpacker, something for the mums and the dads out there in Raglan. Yeah, like I say, a lot of lifestyle has come out here, so... You'll see a lot of Germans, a lot of German backpackers out here, woofing. Love a German. You familiar with woofing?
No, no, I'm not familiar with woofing. As in like just dog barking?
No, it's not the category you look at. No, no, no, I don't search for that category. Woofing is working on a farm. Working on farm in exchange for food and board. Okay. And booze or no? Well, potentially. I guess it depends how hard you work, really. Just going past the Waikato Home Kill service there.
um nice is that if you want to get get a beast or something like that half a beast yeah you then take it home to the freezer yeah all for a power cut to happen and then you lose a couple of grams worth of meat yep just coming past the gasoline alley service station and turn off to otorohonga and kafia uh up here so that's otorohonga up there is it so that way so it's a bit of a drive to otorohonga that way past my moanga
Yeah. But if you're driving along with us, that's this is where we are at the moment. And the Waipa Bridge. Okay. This is the Waipa Bridge, the Waipa River down there. You may say that looks a little bit like the mighty Waikato River. Yeah. Well, you'd be right. It's a tribute tree. It's a tribute tree. One of the major tributaries to the Waikato River.
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