Saturday, 27 March 2010
from 
3.45pm
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Take the hassle out of finding a park or stressing about the traffic – use our park and ride service for free!
Environment Waikato will be running five routes between key Hamilton locations and the University of Waikato for the Night Glow on Saturday, 27 March. After the Night Glow the buses will take you back to your site!
Find out more on the Balloons over Waikato website.
If rain postpones the event until Sunday 28 March, the park and ride service will be available on that day instead.
Departing to and from the event
To the event:
Buses will start departing from all park and ride sites from 3.45pm. On route there will be official event bus stops that the buses will stop at when signalled. The last buses will depart the park and ride sites at 6.30pm.
You can catch the bus to the balloons at stops that are displaying these sandwich board signs.
From the event:
At the conclusion of the event buses will leave on a continuous as available basis until everyone has boarded for their return journey.
Park and ride sites
Buses will stop at official event bus stops when flagged down by event patrons to the event. They are as follows:
Melville High School - Collins Road (red)
52 Ohaupo Rd to event
39 Ohaupo Rd home from event
You can download the ink friendly PDF of the Melville High School route below:
Melville High School route
(367 kb, 52 seconds to download, 56k modem)
Frankton Primary School and St David's Parish car parks - Rifle Range Road (yellow)
7 Boundary Rd to event
10 Boundary Rd home from event
Opp 825 Heaphy Tce, outside Claudelands events centre, to the event.
827 Heaphy Tce, opp Claudelands events centre, home from event.
You can download the ink friendly PDF of the Frankton Primary School route below:
Frankton Primary School
(467 kb, 66 seconds to download, 56k modem)
WINTEC - Avalon Drive (orange)
At the corner of Harrowfield Drive and River Rd to the event
Opposite the corner of Harrowfield Dr and River Rd hill for home after event
768 River Rd to event
775 River Rd home from event
83 Clarkin Rd (Dio field) to event
88 Clarkin Rd (St Joseph's church) home from event
141 Clarkin Rd to event
140 Clarkin Rd home from event
259 Clarkin Rd (outside Fairfield Intermediate) to event
256 Clarkin Rd (outside Fairfield Primary) home from event
54 Snell Dr to event
55 Snell Dr home from event
204 Tramway Rd to event
205 Tramway home from event
You can download the ink friendly PDF of the WINTEC route below.
WINTEC route
(311 kb, 44 seconds to download, 56k modem)
Grosvenor Park - Thomas Road - road side parking - (purple)
Opp 373 Hukanui Rd to event
373 Hukanui Rd home from event
Hukanui Rd opposite Westfield shopping centre to the event
Hukanui Rd outside Westfield shopping centre home from the event
89 Crosby Rd to event
To the right of 100 Crosby Rd home from the event
204 Tramway Rd to event
205 Tramway home from event
You can download the ink friendly PDF of the Grosvenor Park route below.
Grosvenor Park route
(297 kb, 42 seconds to download, 56k modem)
City Shuttle - CBD via Transport Centre (pink)
City Shuttle will return to the same stops it picks up from.
Victoria St opposite Iguana Restaurant
15 Palmerston St, opp tennis courts
12 Pembroke St outside the YMCA
Bryce St, outside the Transport Centre, (Cambridge bus stop)
Liverpool St, opp the opportunity shop
Victoria St, outside Land Information New Zealand
Victoria St, opp Les Mills
Please note: Due to the soutbound road closure on Victoria Street, the BNZ stop will not be available.
You can download the ink friendly PDF of the City Shuttle route below.
City Shuttle route
(440 kb, 62 seconds to download, 56k modem)
Information on this page is valid from 12 March 2010 and will be updated as changes occur.
