From Dunedin to Moeraki (Holiday Park) - a distance of about 80kms or 50 miles.We left Dunedin along North Road - which seems to be some sort of cycle route north. It goes past the Guinness Book of Records steepest hill - a side road that peaks at a bit steeper than 1 in 3 (Baldwin Street). We both cycled up a little bit of it but no way should you try it out with panniers unless crazed so after photos we pushed our bikes down the hill (no white hot brakes..) and carried on up North Road. It is a biggish hill and novice cyclists might feel that cycling was a bit tough. It goes up a fair few hundred feet until you get some excellent views of the Otago Peninsula (we could even see a turret or two of Larnach Castle - but I think the UK's National Trust is our preferred castle experience supplier and then they come with a lot of history and a lot cheaper given the exchange rate of $2 to the pound and a $27 entry price).The route then rejoined, briefly, highway 1 but we soon got off on another winding hilly route past Warrington - where we had lunch in the pretty churchyard of St. Barnabas' Church (excellent stained glass with a curious history - made in Bavaria but rejected from their original destination because of the war then eventually sold to Barnabas'). The winding hilly road took us to Seacliff and eventually, yes you've guessed, back to highway 1. We then ploughed along until the turning for Goodwood where we headed off on tarmac and then, for a few miles, on the gravel Bushey Hill Road. More great views over countryside that looked a little like South Shrops - big rolling hills, woods and wide valleys.Then after battling a headwindand highway 1 for another 10 or so miles we rolled up at Moeraki (no shop but I'd bought food in Waikouaiti just before Goodwood) and pitched carefully - seeing that the wind was strong and patchy rain had started.The picture is of the moeraki boulders which were just along from the campsite and which we saw tomorrow.
From Dunedin to Moeraki (Holiday Park) - a distance of about 80kms or 50 miles.We left Dunedin along North Road - which seems to be some sort of cycle route north. It goes past the Guinness Book of Records steepest hill - a side road that peaks at a bit steeper than 1 in 3 (Baldwin Street). We both cycled up a little bit of it but no way should you try it out with panniers unless crazed so after photos we pushed our bikes down the hill (no white hot brakes..) and carried on up North Road. It is a biggish hill and novice cyclists might feel that cycling was a bit tough. It goes up a fair few hundred feet until you get some excellent views of the Otago Peninsula (we could even see a turret or two of Larnach Castle - but I think the UK's National Trust is our preferred castle experience supplier and then they come with a lot of history and a lot cheaper given the exchange rate of $2 to the pound and a $27 entry price).The route then rejoined, briefly, highway 1 but we soon got off on another winding hilly route past Warrington - where we had lunch in the pretty churchyard of St. Barnabas' Church (excellent stained glass with a curious history - made in Bavaria but rejected from their original destination because of the war then eventually sold to Barnabas'). The winding hilly road took us to Seacliff and eventually, yes you've guessed, back to highway 1. We then ploughed along until the turning for Goodwood where we headed off on tarmac and then, for a few miles, on the gravel Bushey Hill Road. More great views over countryside that looked a little like South Shrops - big rolling hills, woods and wide valleys.Then after battling a headwindand highway 1 for another 10 or so miles we rolled up at Moeraki (no shop but I'd bought food in Waikouaiti just before Goodwood) and pitched carefully - seeing that the wind was strong and patchy rain had started.The picture is of the moeraki boulders which were just along from the campsite and which we saw tomorrow.