So, while we’ve been pedalling and blogging, we’ve also been doing a few things behind the scenes that we haven’t really talked about on here much. And since we’re going to be busy packing up our bikes for our flight to America, cleaning all our gear and doing all sorts of other boring but necessary […] Read More »
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Unicycle School!
What would you do if you spotted a poster in a bicycle shop, offering free unicycle lessons? Show up of course! We can’t tell you how much fun we had this afternoon with the On One club in Dunedin – and would you believe they also cycle up and down New Zealand’s mountains on one […] Read More »
Too much stuff
274km Fox Glacier to Wanaka It took a full day of rain (and in NZ a ‘full day of rain’ means 12+ hours of the wet stuff) before the heavens finally dried up on Monday morning, leaving our soggy tent in the middle of one big puddle. The evening before was marked by the very […] Read More »
A glamour shot
100km – Cradle Mtn – Gowrie Park With such a beautiful backdrop, we couldn’t resist taking a ‘glamour shot’ at Dove Lake, with Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain in the background. The picture was taken to celebrate 35,000km on our bikes – a milestone we just passed in the last few days. This is how you throw […] Read More »
It’s the small things in life
Train: Perth to Melbourne “Would you like this?” We looked up from our train seats to find Angus smiling at us. A young fellow with blond hair to match the golden fields outside the windows and a face full of freckles, he was holding out a picture of a boat he’d drawn. “Well, thanks Angus,” […] Read More »