The Haast Pass bike catcher...
Haast Pass, originally uploaded by RobiNZ. This is at the bottom of a brilliant downhill on Adventure South's "West Coast Escape Cycle Tour".
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Bing’s world’s craziest drives includes The Milford Sound Road
Below are two photos of the Milford Sound Rd heading from Homer Tunnel to Milford Sound. The first was taken just before a thrilling 800m to 0m (sea level) 8km mountain bike descent, part of the Adventure South Milford Wilderness trip. I have also done this in the car (fun
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Remembering “Higher Trails”, a great Kiwi song
e Hill played “Higher Trails”, by John Hanlon today
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The empty Otago Rail Trail is pretty busy!
I think it's great that the New Zealand Cycleway Project is going ahead with National and the Greens support. What amazed me, although have probably read it elsewhere & forgotten, is that 80,000 rode the Central Otago Rail Trail last year. I thought it was a pretty
Take a Look Bike Mirror | It's like cycling naked without it...
Take a Look Bike Mirror If anyone looked at the current banner , or full image below, they may wonder about the strange looking fellow with even stranger attire. I call the white thing by my glasses "The Bas" as purchased it...
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A Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet in the Catlins?
I was reading CAR U.K. and thought this Porsche advert looked familiar. Could it be the Catlins, Southland, New Zealand as seen in this photo I took in 2005. Compare the hills and fore shore, seems fa...
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Top Gear in Vietnam?
Having recently been there , this episode looks like it will be fascinating. Come on Prime, don't make me wait forever or find an alternate source to view it! AUSmotive.com » More on Top Gear in...
A sky, a jet
As I write someone is being interviewed on TV, a British show, and the sky above is crisscrossed with contrails. I noticed them in the US when there, especially Florida. In New Zealand they are a rare sight, a good one enough to justify a photo. The flight from Queenstown?
Vox Hunt: Together Forever
Show us two things that belong together. West Coast Escape Cycle Tour South Island 2004 A bicycle, and this country, on a sunny day.
Vox Hunt: I'd Rather Be...
Show us what you wish you were doing right now. Doubtful Sound Exploring New Zealand, again!
ANZAC Day 2008, in Vietnam
Commemorating war, in a country New Zealand fought against
Hanoi to Huế | Day 12 Vietnam Cycle Tour
A flight, a Citadel, temple, and Perfume River cruising