Travelled: 242 kms (Total 2,616 kms) The Alps to Ocean official brochure recommends to do the ride from Mount Cook to Oamaru due to wind direction and the downhill elevation. But no, we are going to do the Ocean to Alps version. Doing it backwards! Starting our O2A Starting from the campground in Oamaru, we …
Travelled: 139 kms (Total 2,374 kms) We woke to our first frost. Our tent had been touched with the white brush and we’d remained cosy throughout – a promising start for the colder weather to come. A touch of frost A quick trip to the cosy camp kitchen for warmth where we met Martin and …
Travelled: 191 kms (Total 2,235 kms) Incredibly we hadn’t planned to the Central Otago cycle trails, so when we realised they are all flowed together (and with encouraging support from our friends Ann and Michael), we thought it was an opportunity too good to miss. Starting with the Clutha Gold Trail we had a lovely …
Travelled: 265 kms (Total 2,044 kms) It’s hard to believe the it is three weeks since we have really ridden our bikes and the high luxurious lifestyle we have been living has come to an end. Invercargill has been a wonderful staging point over the last month and saying goodbye to Joanna and Russell for …
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 …
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