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Current Tauranga Drive Information as of 09 Sep 2025
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Please note, as information changes, ride details will be available closer to the ride date and subject to a COVID-19 Self Declaration. We will contact all participants in mid-May with all the ride information.Drive Details
Start City
Mount Maunganui
Finish City
Greerton
Date
Sunday 28th Sep 2025
Meeting Time
09:30
Distance
65 km
Meet at 09:30
Start Place: Classic Flyers Aviation Museum & Cafe, 9 Jean Batten Drive, Mount Maunganui 3116
The time and place you will meet all other drivers.
Time between meeting and drive start - 01 hour 00 minutes.
Start engines at 10:30
Start Place: Classic Flyers Aviation Museum & Cafe, 9 Jean Batten Drive, Mount Maunganui 3116
The time the drive will start.
Route Point 1
Meet & Greet, coffees and breakfast at driver's cost. Driver briefing. - 09:30
Route Point 2
Group photos, then start your engines. Departure time of the Drive. - 10:30
Route Point 3
Buffet Lunch at driver's cost. Oaktree Restaurant, 1237 Cameron Road, Gate Pa, Tauranga 3112 - 12:30
Drive Finish (Approx 14:00)
Finish Place: Oaktree Restaurant, 1237 Cameron Road, Gate Pa, Tauranga 3112
The place where the drive will finish.
Additional Information
The start point Classic Flyers Cafe have an extensive breakfast menu, cabinet food and coffee/drinks avalable for purchase by the participants. There are toilets here too.
We will be parking up on the Classic Flyers Museum apron area (inside the gates) for a photo opportunity before the Drive begins.
At the end point, Oaktree Restaurant will have tables reserved for the participants. They offer a Buffet Lunch priced at Adults $31 Seniors $28 that is purchased as you enter the Restaurant. There is a chance to buy beverages and there are toilets here too.
The drive distance is 65km and the duration is 1.5 hours.
The drive will take in some of the Mount, Papamoa and scenic country back roads of Welcome Bay, Oropi, Pyes Pa, then back into Tauranga for lunch.
Tauranga Drive Hosts
Roger Winslade
Carole Seymour
Top Drivers Tauranga