Author: Hayley Bell
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Pet Portraits Perth!
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63 Km / 39 Miles After a few attempts here is a bike ride around the Suburbs of North Perth and Yokine to map out a Puppy! See Pet Drawings…
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The Coromandel. Pinnacles to Cathedral Cove. 101 km.
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Day 3… Coromandel Forest Park Day 3… This morning I woke up with a terrible migraine, and knew I wasn’t going anywhere! After the hike yesterday I was still pretty exhausted and not feeling like i could get anywhere today, let alone on a bike! I stayed another night at…
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Day 2. Matatoki to Coromandel. 36 Km
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158 Km / 98 Miles I didn’t leave my Warmshowers place till about 8.30. I caught my hosts just before 8 when they headed off to work and I stayed back and had breakfast, wrote in their visitors book and got my tent and bags packed up. Today wasn’t a…
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Day 1. Auckland to Matatoki. 122 Km
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122 Km / 76 Miles After a few (horribly muggy) days in Auckland, I was more than ready to get out of the city and hit the road on my bike. My first day was going to take me to the base of the Coromandel! The first ride day always…
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Auckland and Bike Prep!
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New Zealand – North Island Despite leaving Tassie in the early afternoon, I didn’t arrive in Auckland until Midnight – thanks to there not being any direct flights and having to fly through Melbourne! And thanks to New Zealand’s strict biosecurity at the airport, its takes almost 2 hours from…
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Day 7. Pine Valley to Lake St Clair V.C. 26.4km
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123.9 km / 77 Miles I woke up at 4am, to the sound of rain… pouring, pouring RAIN! I guess they were right with the weather. So glad to be close to the end and have had pretty good weather throughout. I was a little gutted to not be able…
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Day 6. Bert Nichols to Pine Valley & The Acropolis. 15.8km.
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97.4 km / 60.5 Miles Today is the last big day of the trip! And what looks to be the last of the good weather! We have been so lucky weather wise! I am of course up early – mainly because my bladder woke me up at 5.30! The sun…
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Day 5. Kia Ora to Bert Nichols via Waterfalls! 10.4km.
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Waterfall (and snake) Day! 81.6km / 50.7 Miles This morning I woke up super early… probably because of the 7pm bedtime I took! The sleep in the tent was good, it was finally a lot warmer that I didn’t have to wear every single layer I had! Sleeping on the…
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Day 4. Pelion to Kia Ora via Mountains!! 15.6 km.
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71.2 km / 44.2 Miles Mountain Day!! It is a clear blue beautiful sky this morning! I am super happy that today is mountain day as the weather has co-operated. I am awake super early, before the sun is even up. Its 5.50! I head to the hut, make breakfast…
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Day 3. Windermere to Pelion via Mt Oakleigh. 23.7 km
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55.6 km / 34.5 Miles Another Mountain Day! But also BLISTER day 🙁 Ouch! I have blisters on both little toes and big toe! And cracked heels. My feet weren’t feeling too good. Walking today wasn’t going to be fun. The walk today was 17km to Pelion Hut. I was…