800 km bike trip for charity

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December 19th 2008

Published: December 22nd 2008

Our mission was to bike a whopping 800 kms from Hamilton to Mahia Peninsula (just south of Gisborne) via the coastal road. This journey is a celebration of the opportunity that is life - of getting back up and again taking on challenges. A once extreme adventurist fought for his life after a freak accidental fall off a 12 metre cliff. Twenty months later he has miraculously bounced right bac... Read Full Entry

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Nut shell drive way at the "nut house"

honey capital - Kings Country

gorgeous white Church on the coast

a home for many penguins too. They nestle under the church floor boards

Hicks Bay is where Stefan's bike gear tensioner decided to snap off

we were 250 km away from the closest place that could fix it...

waiting in the heat for a ride, any ride, to Gisborne. Hitching is hard with two bikes

Woohoo! Jump for joy in Makarori. Two working bikes, on the way back up the coast from Gisborne to Tolaga Bay

Tolaga Bay wharf

From inside the tent looking out over Tolaga Bay wharf

Beautiful Cooks cove walk

"Hole in the Wall" at Cooks Cove, Tolaga Bay

walking in the "Hole in the wall"

The actual "Cooks Cove" itself

Looking down over Tolaga Bay wharf from Cooks Cove walk

Sheep

On the way to Gisborne

Lunch with friends on their boat

Lorraine, Doug, Stefan and me! They sailed to Gisborne from Queen Charlotte Sounds (top of south island) and met for the day, which turned into a night of cards till 1am