Tag: cycle touring
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Day 10. Opotiki to Waihau Bay. 103 Km
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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…
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Day 8. Aongatete to Matata. 104 Km
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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…
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Day 5. Whenuakite to Waihi. 81 Km
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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…
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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 12. Queenstown to Derwent Bridge. 55 Miles.
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My watch actually ran out of battery at the ‘DB 5KM’ mark so my total was actually 89 km today 🙂 409 Miles / 658 KM Well… I was definitely dreading today, but I was pleasantly surprised. I actually had a great day on the bike! My mentally had totally…
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Day 11. Strahan to Queenstown. 26 Miles
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354 Miles / 570 km Leaving Strahan this morning was a struggle. I slept pretty good and for a solid 9 hours but I was tired. Yesterday really drained me mentally and my body has been feeling pretty tired the last day or two. I didn’t leave till 10, and…
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Day 10. Rosebery to Strahan. 45 Miles
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328 Miles / 528 Km HEADING TO THE WEST COAST! It was a late start out of Rosebery this morning! My body was exhausted and my legs just didn’t want to cycle… I mean really, they weren’t going anywhere fast. I stopped at the IGA in town to load up…
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Day 9. Cradle Mountain to Rosebery via Mt Farrell. 42 Miles
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283 Miles / 455 KM Today was a cycle and a hike and then another cycle! Did not realise I was climbing two mountains today!! I woke up super early at Cradle Mountain, hoping to be on the road in good time. I was awake at 6, but didn’t leave…
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Day 7. Gowrie Park to Cradle Mountain. 24 Miles.
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241 Miles / 388 KM What a day!! Today was basically just one GIANT hill. I knew the distance wasn’t far today but the hill was over 1300m total elevation. “Don’t fear moving slowly forward. Fear standing still.” I was lazy this morning and let my body wake up on…