Author: Hayley Bell

  • The Numbat Trail

    12.81 km / 3-4hours The Numbat trail is a hike located in Paruna wildlife sanctuary in Gidgegannup WA, amongst the Avon Valley. The trail encompasses part of the Possum loop and the Quenda Circuit. With over 1000 steps…. We didn’t count and I’m unsure of the official number but many…

  • Day 13. Tokomaru to Gisborne. 93 Km

    910 Km / 565 Miles Today was my last day on the bike! I was so tired at this point and had almost 100km to bike to Gisborne. I was happy to finally be heading back to a town but the cycle down the coast was hard, the wind was…

  • Day 12. Te Araroa to Tokomaru Bay. 82 Km

    817 Km / 508 Miles I slept terribly last night, understandably. My mind is racing! I was up at 5am and on the phone to Jetstar in regards to my credit note for my last flight. 1.5 hrs later I am through to them and they have told me they…

  • Day 11. Waihau Bay to Te Araroa. 50 Km

    735 Km / 457 Miles This morning I set off at the planned 8am. I got my breakfast pie and coffee and hit the road for what I thought was gonna be an easy 50 km ride. But the WIND today… was horrendous. Some horrible weather was on its way,…

  • Day 10. Opotiki to Waihau Bay. 103 Km

    685 Km / 426 Miles After a relaxing night at the holiday park, and planning the next few days I felt more prepared for the next week! I had made a plan A and plan B, because I wasn’t in a rush to get to places, and this trip wasn’t…

  • Day 9. Matata to Opotiki. 67 Km

    582 Km / 362 Miles Well there was a storm! The rain came, the lightning came, the thunder came, and oh the RAIN, RAIN, RAIN! However, I woke up dry! My tent survived, thankfully after pegging it down properly, the pegs had managed to stay in and me and all…

  • Day 8. Aongatete to Matata. 104 Km

    515 Km / 320 Miles I left Ryan and Bex’s house early (however, not as early as they had both left for work!) I was on the road around 8am, with my first stop being Mt Maunganui – I haven’t done as much hiking as I thought I would have…

  • Day 7. Waihi to Aongatete. 40 Km

    411Km / 255 Miles After a couple of days in my own little cabin, I was ready to hit the road and get down and round onto the Bay of Plenty. Tonight I was catching up with friends who I had met 2 years ago at my first job in…

  • Day 6. Waihi to Karangahake Gorge. 31 km

    371 Km / 231 Miles “Rest day” – Heading to Karangahake Gorge. A place I learn later, after some serious deja vu and after a rummage through old photo albums on facebook back to March 2014, that I had in fact been to before. Today I used the mountain bike…

  • Day 5. Whenuakite to Waihi. 81 Km

    340 Km / 211 Miles I was up and on the road by 9.30 after a slower morning. I was feeling good, and excited about the ride down the coast! I had a couple of big hills to face but it was mostly flat. The first hill to hit was…