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 …
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