Queenstown – Brisbane
Wednesday 1st April 2026 …and back to Australia after another memorable visit to New Zealand.
Central Otago Rail Trail. Kokonga – Middlemarch Day 5
Tuesday 31st March 2026 Our final day. My muscles are stronger and my determination to complete our trek remained strong. I chose not to cycle across the Capburn Bridge. It looke
Central Otago Rail Trail. Oturehua – Kokonga Day 4
Monday 30th March 2026 We were greeted by some misty weather to start the day but it didn’t develop into any serious showers. We reached the highest point of the trail today
Central Otago Rail Trail. Ophir – Oturehua Day 3
Sunday 29th March 2026 We set off at around 9am and despite the padded cycle pants and the gel bicycle seat I still have a sore backside!! We cycled back to Omakau and onto Lauder
Central Otago Rail Trail. Clyde – Ophir Day 2
Saturday 28th March 2026 Time to get serious. On our bikes (mind you, not e-bikes like everyone else on the trail) making our way to Ophir via Alexandra, Galloway, Chatto Creek, Om
Central Otago Rail Trail. Queenstown – Clyde Day 1
Friday 27th March 2026 And so it begins. Our cycling trek commenced in Clyde. Today was a warm up. We cycled to the Monte Christo Winery and sampled some fabulous wine and great
Alexandra, Central Otago
Thursday 26th March 2026 Another town that we visited twice. It’s one of the larger towns in the area and therefore has the better shopping and commercial facilities. We
Naseby, Central Otago
Thursday 26th March 2026 Naseby has a beautiful historic heart and oddly enough a curling rink. Despite the hot weather outside we had to rug up to play. After 8 ends I managed a
Ranfurly, Central Otago
Thursday 26th March 2026 We visited Ranfurly twice on our trip. Once to stock up on supplies for the Bach and on the second occasion we were cycling through on the rail trail. It
St Bathans, Central Otago
Thursday 26th March 2026 The focal point in the nearby town of St Bathans is the Vulcan Hotel. Whilst the official population of the town sits at around 10 people the pub hosts man
Batkins Bach, Central Otago
Wednesday 25th March 2026 We stayed in a traditional mud brick house that Tricia and Dennis (her husband) had refurbished. They gradually added other buildings to accommodate the g
Cambrian, Central Otago
Tuesday 24th March 2026 We are staying with Tricia Batkin in Cambrian for 5 days. Tricia has recently written a book (which turned into 2 volumes) on the history of Cambrian, the p