Category: Bike Tour

Day 2 We had gone a bit out of our way (and fought through its barrier of surrounding hills) to make it to Dunedin, because we understood it to be one of the most-elegant and historic cities in New Zealand. The problem is that after seven straight days of riding (a New Zealand record for…

There are two ways into Dunedin from the south. The first is inland along the Highway 1 corridor (with some alternate roads) and is mostly flat until 2 or 3 good hills at the end. The second cuts straight to the coast, and rides along the ocean for miles, with just one of those Dunedin-entry…

The small town of Kaka Point sits right on the ocean, but yesterday we were only granted a mile of coast riding between our exit from the hills and our turn up to the campground. This morning as we continued north, we were granted an additional mile, but that was it, as the road turned…

We packed up camp and moved over to the “kitchen” to make breakfast, which has become normal for us at New Zealand campgrounds. Except this DOC site isn’t a holiday park, so there are no stoves inside and that’s why “kitchen” gets quotes. It felt weird setting up our own gasoline-burning stove on the counter…

Part of the value of our roof last night was the rain, and the showers were forecast to continue a bit into the morning, but with a sheltered overhang we could get the bikes packed and wrapped before we headed out into it. We tried to dally as long as possible, but our host dropped…