Four thousand miles, adding another 1000 miles of wonderful New Zealand to the total. So here are the facts and figures for these 1000 miles. Cycling Continents: 1 (Oceania) Countries: 1 (New Zealand) Nations: 1 (New Zealand) Cycled distance: 1000 miles (1609 Km) Climbing so far: 145,020 feet (44,202 m) Cycling Days: 20 Rest days: 5 Longest day: 65.66 miles…
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Otago no more
Oh, I really loved the time in Otago Another cold night but the sun is out today so I hope to have a good sunny day in front of me. Got up early and thought that there was no need to wait to Timaru to send the stuff to Auckland, surely the post office would…
Better than seals, penguins and sea lions
When the day starts, you never know what you’re going to find in it. The first order of the day was to get to the boulders. The Moeraki Boulders are a rock formation, they are basically just big balls of rock that sit on the beach. They do so as the sea has eroded the…
Fush’n chup bro?
Need really to make more of a concerted effort to learn New Zillund It is nice to meet nice people and it is great to make connections that might grow into long lasting friendship, only time will tell that but what is sure is that there is a wealth of people that are kind and…
Back to Dunedin
145 miles on the bus, 3 miles on the bike. It was sort of a rest day today but I rested in motion. Considering it is the first day of autumn down here I have to start making my way north if I want to avoid the more rigorous cold that is to come. I…
Invercargill
And now that I’m at the bottom, the only way is up. The last day in the Catlins was truly a multi faceted one. On one hand there was dealing with the recovery from the big freeze, then there was the dealing with the killer gravel, then the big bore and finally to see what…
Shy penguins
Boy, was it cold!!!! Sorry for being late with the post but last night I just had enough. I was cold, tired and just went to sleep. The day had started well. I had had a great time in Surat Bay with the sea lion and, it appears, so had many of you, judging by…
Leaving Dunedin
May I have finally run out of luck with the weather? It is 10:30 in the morning and it’s raining. It is also quite cold, I am wearing the cycling shorts, the long lycra, the trousers, the blue, heavier, cycling top and the waterproof jacket. I am still cold, and I’m not even outside. I’m…
The Taieri Gorge Train
And onto the train, for a change. Fine night in Middlemarch. Camping in New Zealand is, well, as everything else in New Zealand. The camp had a distinct railway feel about it, as you can see from the picture below, the kitchen is just a converted coach and there are other bits of railwayana to…