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Apr 22, 2012 - Pre Trip Training

Pre trip training, for the last 4 months we've been trying to get out as often as possible.Most weekends we get on the bikes and ride to Whakatane for a coffee, have a ride around town and then bike home (25-30km). On a number of occasion we ride to Opotiki for coffee and something to eat then turn around and bike home (68-70km). We have also had three shake down rides, one down the coast 48km one way), one to Awakeri Hot springs (62km one way) and one to 8 Acres in Te Urewera National Park (68km one way), kitted out with everything that we...

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Dec 20, 2006 - Napier, The Bay of Plenty & Whangarei, New Zealand

We wanted to check out the East side of the North Island but only had a few days in which to do it which meant rather a whirlwind tour of the coast. Napier was our first stop and is renowned for being the 'Art Deco' capital of NZ. Most of the town was destroyed by an earthquake in the 30's and was consequently rebuilt in the style of the time. It also has a great cafe culture so we wandered around taking in the architecture and stopped for a caffeine fix when it was required. Next stop was the Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel Peninsula...

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Dec 5, 2005 - Whakatane (Ohope Beach)

The drive to Whakatane was a drizzley drive and we came across a horrible sight, after coming down a few very steep hills in the rain we came across a car in a ditch at the side of the road on it's side! I slowed down not knowing what we were going to find as there was no town for 15km and we hadn't passed a house or car for ages, no signal on our phones either. Then a hand came out of the shattered drivers window our hearts were beating so fast, as we got closer you could see that the car had rolled over a few times and was badly damaged....

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Sep 14, 2005 - New Zealand - Whakatane

We left Napier and drove up the coast. We were thinking of driving all the way around the bay but the roads were not great and the weather was coming in so we took a short cut to get to Whakatane. Whakatane is a port town where tours to the White Island are run from. This is the only active volcano in New Zealand so we thought we should pay a visit ! We checked into our hostel and then took a walk around town to the japanese gardens and down to the waterfront. It is quite a sleepy little town and is nice to stroll around. Unfortunately the...

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