SAFARI WHANGANUI 2021// By Mercia Paaymans
DR I V E I T BREAK IT FIX IT R E P E AT This report has been compiled by Mercia Paaymans and will self-destruct in oops sorry… focus! THE 2021 SAFARI… HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR! When I think of the word safari I think of Africa, big game, entertainment, exotic people and places and yes people we covered all of this, New Zealand styles! We all met up on Friday at Zinc café in Waipukurau for a welcoming hot drink and some top nosh. Trevor and Lyn welcomed us, gave us our formidable rally notes( which I might add were on point EVERWHERE WE WENT!!!) and we headed southish- travelling on new roads for many of us. So nice to get off SH2 and enjoy the verdant fields of green. The sunny weather continued as we passed the beautiful Woburn house and Oruawharo Homestead and headed through Dannevirke onto more rural roads and we wended our way up and over the Saddle Road to enjoy lunch at the Ashhurst domain. Best fuel economy was reported by the Rover 14 and 26 Buick. We then journeyed to Wanganui via Marton and masked and dangerous we checked into our accommodation. Saturday was another corker day and the safari ing continued. Firstly we covered the exotic people part- the Wanganui market 18
