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On 18 June 2010 the Adventurer 2 river boat embarked, [27] attempting to make the 230-kilometre (140 mi) voyage to Taumarunui. The first voyage to Taumarunui in 82 years. The Adventurer 2 now offers this trip to tourist as an historic alternative to jet boating and canoeing the river. [28]
Various water activities are available on the nearby rivers, with jet boating on the Whanganui River and rafting available along the Whanganui, Rangitikei and Tongariro rivers. Trout fishing is available in nearby lakes and rivers, including the world-famous Tongariro River.
It was renamed as the Whanganui Riverboat Centre, and re-opened on 24 February 1995. [5] [1] After being buried in the river mud for nearly 40 years, the Waimarie was salvaged by volunteers in 1993. The restoration of the vessel was adopted as a sesquicentennial project in Whanganui.
Mountains to Sea, Ngā Ara Tūhono 231 km (144 mi), including 32 km (20 mi) by jetboat, or kayak, starts at National Park, or Turoa, on Mount Ruapehu and runs to the sea, including Ohakune Old Coach Road, Mangapurua (Bridge to Nowhere), a boat to Pipiriki, Whanganui River Road, Upokongaro cycle bridge and Whanganui Urban routes. [40]
A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses an external propeller in the water below or behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat through an intake and into a pump-jet inside the boat, before expelling it through a nozzle at the stern.
Whanganui (/ ˈ hw ɒ ŋ ən uː i / ⓘ; [4] Māori:), also spelt Wanganui, [5] is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway.
The Whanganui Journey is a river journey along the Whanganui River in the North Island of New Zealand, travelling by canoe or kayak. The route runs from Taumarunui to Pipiriki , is 145 km long and usually takes 5 days to complete.
The Whanganui River long continued to be the principal route serving Taumarunui. Traffic was at first by Māori canoe, but by the late 1880s regular steamship communication was established. Taumarunui Landing ( Image ) was the last stop on Alexander Hatrick 's steam boat service from Wanganui.
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