Blogs from Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 15

AK47 FOR Sale New & Unused. Orginal AK47. Current owner planned office massacre unless he got time off. He no longer believes the 'American solution' is the answer. This weapon was purchased direct from the Russian manufacturer, it is not a cheap imitation from Pakistan's North West Frontier. Owner says must sell and end use is not important, but would prefer buyer to be someone with interest in clay bird shooting or similar. Price by negiotiation. FIRST GOAL ACHIEVED Zipping down the last three kilometres to the campsite was a relief, even though the road was loose metal and windy and my concentration had long gone. For the first time since leaving Auckland I was exhausted. 90 Mile Beach had been fun, for most of the way. Within the first couple of minutes of setting ... read more

Hey Everyone! I have now been in New Zealand for a little over a month and since my contact with my Canadian life has been slim to none I figured I should probably update you all! As it is now obvious (because I wouldn be typing this otherwise) I did actually manage to make it to NZ without being arrested at the boarder for being covered in explosives, or losing all of my luggage because I wasn sure if it was going on the plane or not or anything else that was predicted I would do along the way. The trip was actually most uneventful, other than a little fist fight I witnessed in LAX between two taxi drivers, one of whom was a small white man and the other a rather voluptuous coloured woman, after ... read more

The 2009 Rosco's Rocky Road Patagonia Expedition is now underway... We have loaded the motos into the container and sent it on it’s voyage to Valparaiso in Chile. We will fly in on the 31st of October, to prepare the release of the motos and pick our adventurers up at the airport on 2nd of November to start our epic 10,428 km traverse of the infamous Patagonia. We will begin in Vina Del Mar, ride to Tierra del Fuego to Fin del Mundo (End of the earth) in Ushuaia, turn around and head North, back to Vina Del Mar. We have a team of 11 for the expedition, riding a variety of motos.... Keith Larkin, managing Director of Whites Wholesale in Hamilton, who came with us on last years High Andes Adventure, will be joining us, ... read more

This is the Epiblog of our 2009 High Andes Adventure, as I said last year, is the end ?? or just another begining ?? I know that this adventure changes the riders perspective on South American travel. We had an uneventful adventure as far as riding mishaps were concerned, and would like you to consider joining us in 2010. I took our daughter, Geraldine, and she rode many days with me on the KLR, we both very much enjoyed the bonding experience. I am working on the details for the 2010 Adventure, as we are going to run it slightly different to the last two years. We will sort of run it backwards, by crossing back into Chile from Argentina via the San Francisco Pass (the highest pass in the Andes) and make a run up ... read more

So we’ve stocked up on food, gas and petrol and then make our way north towards the northern most point of NZ. We stay one night at a campsite by the sea and next to an old house called the Subritzky Homestead (we only discovered the latter part when we pulled in to the campsite and saw the sign for the house). We had a nosey around and it’s an old homestead from 1862 which is being renovated and you can see the lovely old range still in the kitchen. I think the campsite is in the old grounds of the house as it’s well tended parkland with large old trees. After our stay there, we head further north and after a few hours, reach the top - Cape Reinga, which is so spiritual to the ... read more