Shifting Gears in New Zealand. - CycleBlaze

Shifting Gears in New Zealand.

Sampling both Tour Aotearoa & Sounds to Sounds

By Andrew Richard
4,957 km (3,078 miles) over 47 days between Jan. 31, 2025 and Mar. 18, 2025
The Route heart 14
The Gear heart 9
What to expect from this journal? And why on earth would you ride 4000 km!? heart 15
Shakedown Trip to Victoria heart 17
Boxing the bike heart 12
How to contact me heart 12
YVR to Aotearoa. heart 30
Hunua Regional Park to Matamata heart 27
Matamata to Mangakino heart 39
Finding solitude heart 10
Mangakino through heaven to Ongarue. heart 59
Ongarue to Mosley Campsite. heart 41
Mosley campsite to Whanganui. heart 34
Whanganui to Rangiwahia. heart 40
Rangiwahia to Eketahuna heart 69
Eketahuna to Wellington heart 59
Over to the South Island (Rest Day) heart 47
Picton to Picton via the Queen Charlotte Track. heart 85
Picton to Molesworth Cob Cabin DOC heart 59
Molesworth Cob Cabin DOC to Hanmer Springs. heart 54
Rest Day Hanmer Springs. heart 30
Hanmer Springs to Lake Tennyson via St James Cycle Triail. heart 82
Lake Tennyson to Murchison via Rainbow. heart 36
Murchison to Fork Hut (Old Ghost Road) heart 79
Fork Hut (Old Ghost Road) to Punakaiki. heart 78
Gear Update! heart 11
Punakaiki to Greymouth then train to Springfield heart 41
Springfield to Geraldine. heart 48
Geraldine to Lake Tekapo. heart 40
Lake Tekapo to Omarama heart 53
Omarama to Omakau heart 37
Omakau to Bannockburn heart 36
Bannockburn to Mossburn heart 39
Mossburn to Eglinton Campground. heart 49
Eglington Valley to Milford Sounds heart 42
Te Anau to Manapouri. heart 20
Manapouri to Walter’s Peak Landing. heart 49
Walter’s Peak Landing to Arrowtown. heart 36
Arrowtown to Makarora. heart 46
Makarora to Lake Paringa. heart 40
Lake Paringa to Lake Ianthe heart 22
Lake Ianthe to Greymouth. heart 80
Greymouth to Wild Camping. heart 12
Wild camp near Springs Junction to Lake Rotoroa heart 38
Lake Rotoroa to Nelson. heart 29
The Coppermine Trail. heart 48
Nelson to Kaiteriteri heart 55
Zero Day heart 41
Kaiteriteri to Nelson heart 17
Nelson to French Pass heart 67
French Pass to Havelock. heart 35
Havelock to Waikawa and Waikawa to Spring Creek Loop heart 52
Comparing the Great Divide to New Zealand heart 70
Trip Statistics & Acknowledgements heart 56