Travelled: 36 kms (Total 1,779 kms) A lovely calm journey back over Foveaux Strait to Bluff and the Bluff Campground. Leaving Oban The start of the bluff oyster season encouraged us to walk the 2km through town to Fowlers Oysters for the freshest oysters I have had. Battered and deep fried – delicious! A small …
Travelled: 4 kms (Total 1,742 kms) Bluff dawned a beautiful day which bode well for a calm ferry to Rakiura. Bluff’s Foreshore Road We wandered around to the Bluff Maritime Museum, which was a treasure-trove of great displays and working machinery before needing to be at the ferry terminal at 1pm. With our panniers neatly …
Travelled: 257 kms (Total 1,739 kms) With a haircut done and our newly sourced butter alternative on board (thanks to Sonia, our fellow camper in Athol) - Fix & Fog’s Everything Butter, we headed off to Manapouri. Delicious - better than butter! Taking the partially completed Lake 2 Lake trail from Te Anau, we rode …
Travelled: 207 kms Despite gasps of disbelief that we were heading down to Kingston and through the Devil’s Staircase, we set off from Arrowtown with no more than the usual sense of unease at what we might face. Our experience to-date perhaps inspiring some confidence that we could actually do this. There is so much …
Travelled: 203 kms Riding along Lake Wanaka was another spectacular day. The lake was perfectly calm and the reflections of the mountains made it picture perfect. Alongside Lake Wanaka Lake Wanaka Over The Neck and now riding down the side of Lake Hawea the stunning views continued. Over The Neck to Lake Hawea Lake Hawea …
Travelled: 326 kms Leaving Ross, we had an easy day riding through to Hari Hari and treated ourselves to a luxurious motel room for the evening. Our first private facilities in a month and a heater – very special. Our walk around the township took us to the replica of Guy Menzies’ plane. He was …
Travelled: 197 kms On the road again and off to Greymouth. Our lunch stop overlooking Nine Mile Bay Heading into Greymouth Wekas welcoming us at our Greymouth campsite Before heading out the next day, the wonderful Greymouth library provided ample use of one of their free notebook computers to do some work while our bikes …
Travelled: 122 kms We rode on beside the beautiful Buller River and then into Westport for a couple of nights exploring the town and the harbour side coastal bike trail and visited the wonderful coal museum. With the best hot chips were had at the Denniston Dog. Only to realise the next morning we had …
We are up about 7:30 - 8:00 - not early risers! We pack up the sleeping area, deflating mattresses and pillows and stuffing the sleeping bags back into their sacks, before leaving the tent. Breakfast is either rice with dried fruit, tinned fruit (as it’s easier to carry than fresh fruit), seeds and water and/or …
...taken from Miriam Lancewood's book "Wild at Heart" Travelled: 276kms Leaving Nelson we rode through Rabbit Island to catch the ferry to Mapua, meeting Joanna and Russell from Invercargill, with an invite to stay, while we waited. I’m sure our unkept look and grey hair helped us earn the Seniors price for the ferry ride! …
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