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Here are a select few photos from our Euro trip - we travelled for a couple of weeks in Germany and a week or so in Holland. ... read more

DAY 16 : QUEENSTOWN -- WANAKA 81km We decided Queenstown was all a bit touristy for us so we went riding again. As we rode to Arrowtown we came upon an englishman and an american or NZ girl (depending on if you ask me or DV). The englishman was just about to fix a broken spoke - his back wheel was stocked up with gear so it's little wonder something broke. The NZ/american girl was heading the other way. We pushed on as we had a mountain to climb. Arrowtown was nice, but we only stopped to have lunch #1. The ride over Crown Saddle was described as a "stiff" climb in Pedallers' Paradise (the NZ south island cycle touring book you should buy if thinking of cycle touring here). I forgot to take a ... read more

DAY 7 : ASHBURTON - rest day It was perfect riding weather today, but we had decided to rest so we spent the day at the internet cafe, bank, supermarket, 2nd hand bookstore and camping store. DV had conjured up an interesting route for the next leg of the journey to Dunedin. Not wanting to go on Highway 1 for too long DV found some unsealed roads which should get us there and provide some awesome scenery.. After a bit of research today we found you shouldn't ride it except for during summer (according to a book), but then a camping guy told us we'd be fine. So we did a few stealth photographs of the pricey topographical maps (hey, we're on a budget here - plus we still need to make up for the ... read more

2005/02 Entry 3 DAY 13 : Cooma - rest day Not much happened today DAY 14 : Cooma -- Bombala ODO: 797km DST: 92.5km MAX: 46km/h The only real thing of note that happened today was when a guy came up to me in Nimitabel and said "g'day, i thought i'd come over and say hello to you, 'cause most ppl don't like to talk to fella's like you - they think you're on the dole and haven't got a job and so you ride your bike because you're too lazy, but i like to talk to you blokes anyway"....hahah...i said "huh?" and then he kind of repeated himself. Anyway, after a few minutes talking i think i may have convinced him that *1* i'm not on the dole and *2* most lazy ppl don't decide ... read more

2005/02 Entry 1 Well, i'm not sure how i should be updating this blog, but i've written stuff in my journal that i may as well just type into here - it'll save me having to think about what i did again, plus in case my journal gets stolen or something......hopefully it's not too long winded for you, and if there are any spelling mistakes, it's because i'm rushing it - or i have no idea, anyway.....here comes day 1 !!! DAY 1 : Orange -- Trunkey Creek ODO = 79km, DST = 79km, MAX = 51km/h Well, there was a huge rush in the morning trying to get everything sorted out. By 11am i had everything checked off and it actually all fit into my panniers - even the food esky seemed to work out ... read more