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  • South Island Part II

    I was putting off my departure from Te Anau for about three days, partly due to a small patch of bad weather and partly because I didn’t want to leave. Te Anau had been my home for the last three and a half months and I’d really enjoyed using it as a base to explore… Read more

  • Doubtful Sound By Bike

    Doubtful Sound By Bike

    This trip first took shape in my mind five months earlier while scouring Google Maps, searching for any tracks or roads I could ride through Fiordland. That’s when I discovered what appeared to be a road leading to Doubtful Sound.Digging deeper, I learned that this road was built during the construction of the Manapouri Power… Read more

  • Bottom of the South Island, New Zealand

    Bottom of the South Island, New Zealand

    After seven months off the bike, I’m finally back on the road, exploring New Zealand. My journey began in Queenstown, where I spent two nights before heading into the Old Woman Range. Eager to get into the wild, I may have been a little too ambitious. With most of my second day spent walking through… Read more

  • Cairns to Darwin in 6 days

    Cairns to Darwin in 6 days

    After three-weeks holiday in Airlie Beach and Sydney with my family, they returned to England leaving me to fend for myself in Oz. With numerous people warning me of the harsh Sydney winters where temperatures drop to single digits, I opted to head to the sunshine state of Queensland to see out the winter and… Read more

  • Gear Review

    Gear Review

    This will probably be the final update from the trip, going into depth on the kit I brought with me. It’s not really a review of the gear, but more just my opinions of everything I brought and how it compared to other peoples setups. BikeIt was definitely a love hate relationship with the bike… Read more

  • Final Thoughts

    Here’s some numbers from the trip I’ve calculated in an attempt to get the maths brain working again. Total days: 248 Total distance: 22,000km (probably slightly more as I didn’t record everything)  Total elevation: 654km Longest day: 189.93km Biggest elevation in one day: 3074m Total money spent: £4275.72 Average spent per day: £17.24 (this one… Read more