Although a tropical storm was forecast it wasn't expected Friday January 27, 2023, would be Auckland's wettest day on record. Our average January rainfall, remember a summer month, is ~52mm and we got ~260mm on one day. It was raining all day but peaked in the
A new section of the Te Awa River Ride (Waikato River) recently opened; from Hamilton Gardens to Tamahere. It links the Ngaruawahia-Hamilton and Tamahere-Karāpiro sections I've previously ridden so I shot down to Hamilton for the day to complete the set. This ride concentrates on the new part
A new job in the central city meant having to think about commuting. Bit of a novelty after ten months of not working and choosing when/where I travelled! Driving and Parkable App parking rental Parkable Shared Parking Application I drove for a couple of weeks, while settling in, and
So, it ends: 10 months, 2 weeks (317 days) cycling or drive/cycling across most of New Zealand.
The last 'official' ride of the Time Out NZ 2021 - 2022!
Auckland
Rode the new’ish New Lynn to Avondale Pathway today and saw how an inadequate road crossing is going to injure/kill people. It was this “crossing” (red on map) at St Jude Street, close to a road intersection and near to the rail crossing. St Jude Street is the
Set out for the Waitakere Ranges but looked like rain up there so tried the new New Lynn–Avondale Path and SH16 path to the city.
Time to try another new cycle path which opened recently.
Two rides to mark a seasonal change and milestone (kilometre stone?) of Time Out NZ 2021 - 2022.
From Kohimarama to Orakei Basin, linking to the Glen Innes path & (in future) to Tamaki Drive waterfront path
Downhill, mostly, to the finish of an awesome trail
Trees and flying bridges