Tag: cycle tour
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Day 13. Tokomaru to Gisborne. 93 Km
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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…
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Day 12. Te Araroa to Tokomaru Bay. 82 Km
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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…
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Day 11. Waihau Bay to Te Araroa. 50 Km
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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,…
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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 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 2. Little Swanport to Bicheno. 47 Miles.
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Today my watch is actually charged and I can get more accurate numbers from the ride! I hit a high speed of 50.5km/hr today! Which yes, was on the straight downhill from the big ass hill at the end! 3000 calories… how about double that with the amount of wind…
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The Final Countdown
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I can’t believe It’s been a week since I left Perth! Here is the last sunset I caught in Perth the night I caught a red eye flight over to Melbourne. I’ll be honest in saying I wasn’t ready to leave Perth. Perth threw me a huge curve ball. An…
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Good Bye bike, see you in Tassie!
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As I’m finalising my accommodation for the ride, I have packed my bike up and sent it on its way to Hobart, Tasmania via Melbourne! I wont see it for a couple of weeks! Definitely feel like I’m travelling too light right now without it. This bike has not been…