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…
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,…
Beautiful Beaches at Hastings Point
Mullumbimby back to the Gold Coast
This section was a beautiful ride along small coastal towns in Northern NSW, I could easily have taken a few days just to do this. The variety in this ride…
Does this town have something we don't ?
Billnudgel to Mullimbimbi
I woke to the beautiful sound of bell birds and rain on the tent, relaxing but not fun to pack up. The combination of condensation and seams in need of…
Just off the train.
To the beach on my bike!
After four years I had finally finished the project I have been working on, a year or so late, 2021 is not a good time to be working on Infectious…
Day 3 – So many beaches
The last day of my short bikepacking trip down through Northern NSW. Even though it was only a few days I can't wait until my next one... Images and more…
Day 2 – where’s it gone?
The second, very wet, day of a bikepacking cycling trip down through Northern NSW. Disaster struck, I lost my toolkit and had a huge task backtracking to try to find…
Day 1 – over the hill
The first day, a bikepacking cycling trip down through Northern NSW. Images and much more description is on my blog https://words.colincanfield.me/2021/to-the-beach-on-my-bike/