Munda Biddi – Key Gear
This is what I used, it's not everything but the main things that either worked well or didn't. Curve Big Kev V2.Love this bike; it has heaps of mounts, a…
Munda Biddi – Days 8-12 – Donnybrook to Walpole
** Day 8 Donnybrook to Nannup ** This is quite a cool little town with a very mountain town vibe. It has a good brewery, bakery and seems like a…
Munda Biddi – Days 1-7 – Perth to Donnybrook
** Day 1 Munda Biddi - Pickering Brook ** After a brief ride yesterday from Perth to Midland Junctionit was finally time to hit the trail! The track begins with…
Munda Biddi, here we come !
It has been around 12 months since my last reasonable ride, the Monaro Prologue, so it is time to hit the road again. Phil, a fellow Brisbane-ite I had met…
Cloudride Prologue 500km Gravel Race
The Cloudride Prologue is In summary, a good but very hard race - I scratched, wrongly, here's what happened and why for others information and so that I hopefully I…
This chicken was really friendly at the guesthouse in Wanganui
Days 11-13 Whanganui ( My favourite town so far) – Pahiatua
Day 11 Whanganui After staying the night in Pipiriki the next day was quite a nice ride through rolling hills into a gorgeous town, Whanganui. I would quite happily have…
The bridge to nowhere... going.......
Day 10. The Bridge to Nowhere and a Jet Boat to Taumarunui
The Timber Trail had been a huge amount of fun, the next stage was to the Bridge to Nowhere via the Mangaparua Track, this was not fun. Maybe on a…
Many rivers to cross
Day 8-9, Riding The Timber Trail
Timber Trail Day 1 - Camp Epic The Timber Trail started today, I had been really nervous about this as I’m not really mountain biker. The whole day was riding…
One control was for a cow, this one was cute
Day 6-7 From Miranda – Matamata – Waikato River Trail to Mangakino
Miranda - Matama It was a pretty easy ride today, ending in another hot spring in a holiday park at Matamata, Opal Hotsprings. Ending in a hot spring is a…
In Auckland riding the Tour Aotearoa
Day 3-5 Kauri Holiday Park – Pouto Point – Auckland – Miranda
Pouto Point Today was not as hilly as the first few days, but it was dry, long and hot with no shops or towns on the way. Both myself and…
Cape Reinga
Day 1-2 Apiraha Past the God in the Forrest to Kauri Holiday Park
Apihara The ride starts at Cape Regina, about a 5km very hilly ride from the campsite. Cape Regina is the Northernmost point of NZ and has a fantastic old lighthouse,…
Tour Aotearoa – the start line
The surf is rolling in at Tapoputa Beach at the top of the country, it is a gorgeous sound while I’m sitting in my tent writing this. The beach is…