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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

I haven't been everywhere...
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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
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  #3061  
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We had our picnic lunch and then road back to Mt Nicholas by 315 to wait for the boat.

FILE1213 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr




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IMG_2161 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

You have to take the panniers off to navigate the loading ramp, but the staff were super helpful and carried them aboard.

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The sailing is 45 minutes and smooth as silk. The disembarkation in more straightforward as it a straight shot onto the dock.

NZ South Isand-134 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

NZ South Isand-135 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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NZ South Isand-137 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We then had just a 10 minute drive ups the hill to the home of Diana and Dick who are friends of Janet and Charlies and who have kindly offered to host us here in Queenstown. We had a very nice dinner prepared by Diana and we all got to swap stories. They had traveled extensively 2 up in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. We also had the spectacular view from their house.

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Today we will ride out from Queenstown for the day and try to find some dirt roads.

FILE1293 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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The first part is to ride up along the lake to the town of Glenorchy with panoramic views.

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We took the first turn off past the town and this is the Reece Valley road. It is paved for a few km and then after about 10 km there is a small power station and some signs saying the road is closed. We went past these and continued on and we even did meet one car coming out. After several gates that we opened and closed a final gate had a lot more road closed signage and we decided to turn back. Probably a good thing as there are no signs for the Bungee outfit that was located up here either and the road may have been closed for some time.

FILE1345 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We made it back to the Glenorchy-Paradise road and continued west.

Screen Shot 2018-02-09 at 23.57.53 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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This turns to gravel with a fair bit of wash board after 3 km.

FILE1400 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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FILE1408 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

There is also a lot of traffic even after the settlement of Paradise in 10 km where the sign says “back country road vehicle damage possible, not suitable for campers”.

NZ South Isand-146 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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About 2 km further along there was a number of cars parked and the occupants were out scouting a ford in the river. Dan rolled up and rode right thru and as I followed I heard one woman say “ well if they can go so can we”. There are 5-6 more fords, but only one was wide and none were as deep as the first. The end of the road is another 10 km past Paradise and is at the river where a number of day and multi-day hikes start.



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We back tracked to Glenorchy for a snack and coffee and then back to base.


FILE1523 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Diana was kind enough to let us use the front loading machine to wash the riding suits and they were dry after hanging in the breeze for just a few hours. We took the 800 into town for a night out with dinner and a walk about the bustling tourist town. There were lots of people, a number of bands, and several street performers.

NZ South Isand-148 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Today we will re-ride the same 150 km to the Aneu and then 20 new to Manapouri to camp on the lake. But first we just went 7 km away to Shotover Jet board for a thrilling jet boat ride on the Shotover River.


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Shotover Jet Video


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A late entry for Skippers Canyon

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It was pretty boring to do the top of this road for the third time.



We booked it as we wanted to make it to Miles better Pies in Te Anau before it closed at 3. There was a group of Ducati riders there too and they said they had seen us and all our stickers yesterday in Glenorchy! Then we continued south another 20 km to Manapouri.

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The camp ground is described as quirky and that it is. We set up camp in the forest area, walked to the “beach” 200 m down the path across the road, and then watched 2 episodes of Fargo we had been saving.

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NZ South Isand-157 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Weather forecasting here is a nightmare as we have had to check it 3 times today and it was for no rain in the am, but at last check at 9 pm it says it will rain from 8-12 tomorrow and it did. Waking to rain in a tent is such a drag. We sat tight and had some more Fargo time until the rain did stop at 1230. We packed up made some brunch and set of under mostly blue skies.


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We headed south again towards Clifden as about 1 km from here there is a limestone cave system in which you can see glow worms. We parked and walked/crouched into the cave until it got to where you would need to crawl. We turned off the headlamps to see the glowing dots. This cave is very long and you can explore for several hours, but not in riding gear and not on an earthquake prone island for us!



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From here we rode into Tuatapere for a late lunch/dinner at the cafe after 3 and to fuel up. We then rode into the end of the Lillburn road to the trail head for the Lake Hauroko (deepest lake in NZ) bush walk. Only the last 20 km are unsealed. We then rode back 10 km to the Lilliburn Campground, which is a free grass site with a long drop and a non portable water supply.



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The sun was still beating down when we arrived about 5 and we set up the tent to dry it out from the wet pack up. On the other side of the field Charlie from the UK was set up with his BMW 650 Single. We were pretty tired and hit the hay about 9! what a peaceful quiet night we had and we woke to another beautiful sunny day.

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NZ South Isand-163 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We packed up and rode back into Tuatapere to access the internet as we had some business to deal with in Kamloops and we needed to check in and then we rode south towards Invercargill.

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