Pity about the annoying sun in the way.

Awesome video - again - thank you! Question - don't you have AHC/Adjustable suspension? For ride quality on rutted roads - "comfort" makes you float over ruts. :)

What was the building you stopped at where you talked about the wrap? Is the steeam the north branch of the waihao river?

Great video but a link to a map to show where you went would be good.

Nice video Neil

Another great video. Definitely considering joining the SI 4wd club

great filming Neil like the drone up that looks good

Great little track. I did this in torrential rain, hail lightening and thunder. The track was a river.

Did this trip other way just after Christmas was a great trip , towed my toy hauler would not recommend unless you know your shit.

Cheers for sharing your journey, I always enjoy travelling through that road, such great scenery. Have spent a lot of time up there with work

The toll fee is for just 400m of road apparently going by Jim Ward manager of the Molesworth Station told me.

Many a trip to Centennial Cabin built by grandad and my father further up river . They took it up on a Brengun carrier, hut was fabricated at Manuka Point. I lived at as a child there.. Grandparents wrote Under The Northwest Arch. Love this part of the planet. Lots of history about hunters going there including well known buisness people including Mr Mercer that traveled up with mates on tractors and few bottles if Gin 😉

Great video but just one little thing... The Mathias is usually pronounced Math-ias My family lived at Manuka Point in the late 1960s when it was owned by Laurie Walker

Many year's ago i rode my bicycle from Hamner to St Arnaud and then around Rotoiti. Amazing ride, although Island Saddle was a gravelly nightmare!

Have done the road afew times, once with horses and waggons when we took nearlt 3 days Hanmer to St Arnaud. Long before This road was put in, in the early days of nz settlement this was used as a sheep droving route from nelson to Canterbury. That is why the cob cottages werebuilt in the 1800s.

I was under the impression that a key was NOT required to travel the Rainbow road as it was a "public road". Would you confirm if a key is required or not please. Many thanks for sharing. LOVE the G wagon !

Is 22:07 Island Saddle? Been there late one night about a month ago. I knew the road was closed further ahead, but it was the first time in my 02 Rav4 which the Rainbow would be too much for. Funny this pops up, I was talking to my Dad the other week and he said he'd never been through but would like to this summer.

thanks for posting

Love the rainbow

Love your work mate, keep em coming

We have a stock 2001 100 series LC on AT's with AHC - it was in immaculate condition when we brought it a few years back, but I have finally gotten past the 'first scratch' phase. It was so clean it was hard to use it for what it was designed for! Kind of defeated the purpose for a while... We drove this track alone in the same direction as you guys around a year ago - it really highlighted to me how awesome Toyota's traction control system is. The next time you guys are in the Nelson area drop me a note, I'd love to hook up and go for a drive. We have recovery points front and rear and a bag full of rated recovery gear - that is, to my shame - still shiny. Nice video - thank you! :)

You can see mount egmont, down to the Lewis pass, over towards westport etc etc from up there on a clear day. I boiled the brakes on my honda CR250 going back down, 2/3 of the way down the pedal went dead. A guy with us in a SXS got back to the locked gate and his brakes were smoking like a coal train too. A great trip on a clear day.

Last month thru the floods google decided to show this as a route to murch 😂😅 What a FUCKING keint of a mess it was... tourists stuck in there wee mazdas and corollas all thru there 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What the fuck was that all about??

turn ya lights onto park so you dont keep flashing them at the leader. I adjusted the sensitivity of mine down so its not so bad now.I was over that same two tracks on about 8 october in my Fortuner We went the other way though

It may have deterated a bit but I took my Legacy over there a couple of years back

What is that suzuki running apart from the stock lsd in the rear, is he got lift tyres lockers ect? Cheers bro loving the videos

Hard to believe that up until the late 90s early 2000s most of these tracks were drivable in a 2wd Ute isn’t it?

its hardly 4wd, its is a good quality service road, we have been up there in 2wd and Subaru's etc.

Cool track, be awesome on a clear day. I could smell the anti-freeze in my Surf on that climb though. Reminded me I need to chuck a new radiator in when I do the next timing belt

Nice one guys. In the summer 2WD Vehicles can get up there...also never park underneath a Tower especially when there is snow about ! Big pieces of ice fall off them if its cold enough.

Cool always wanted to drive up there for a look how do u go about getting permission to go up? Is there a number i would need to call? Cheers

We went up there on dirt bikes on stinking hot day way back about in the early 90s and retired to the Owen River pub...!

Cool vid , well done 👍🏻

Welcome to the Wet coast 😂

This is amazing! Bucket list drive for me living up here in Auckland.

Great video. Im a landscape painter I would love to go painting through that track. Where is it?

what's the name of the track? do you know? nice video

How does one join the SC club I have a stock surf and want to learn a bit about 4wd and come on some cool trips

Its called Corduroyed they used to build logging roads in the wet areas like that..

Id like to do something like this. Is it possible to get the location ?

It's so common to NZ 4WD videos to not name the locations and keep everything to just yourself, disgusting.

Is this road open to the public, or do you need specific permission to drive it. I live in the area and always want to have a look up there

What brand and type of tyres are on the BT-50 ?

Where is this track?

The river is real low..

Where's the sc club located?

Awesome video. Track looked fairly easy at the beginning, then that last bit through the bush looked like fun

Fellow Surf owner here, how do you reckon the Fortuner compares? Modern equivalent? Another great video by the way. Love this stuff.

Hi Neil, what camera do you use? It’s a good picture