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Easter Celebrations
3/4/26 It was so lovely to be back together again and we enjoyed a relaxing morning around the cottage, Arthur did very well limiting his walking which we could tell was difficult at times. Granny and Grandad were great at helping the boys create some very cute easter baskets then we got some more crafting…
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R&R in Cairns
27/3/26 – 2/4/26 Well, what can I say, its not often you get to leave the kids behind with Granny and Grandad and spend 6 days in cairns, catching up with old Nhulunbuy friends and enjoying some quality couple time. We had such a great week in cairns with the added bonus of catching up…
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Granny and Grandad time
25/3/26 – Queenstown to Geraldine (driving) Woke to another stunning day in Queenstown. Raelene and Rhys left early to collect their rental car which turned out to be a 12 seater van which caused great excitement from the boys. The plan for Oliver, Arthur and Patrick to drive with Granny and Grandad to Cromwell was…
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Climbing over the mountains
18/3/26 – Hasst to Pleasant flat. 45.77km (2346.43km). 389m elevation. Heavy heavy rain woke me up and as I lay in bed listening to it bucket down I was loosing motivation to ride today. Slowly everyone woke up and we all sheltered in the tent from the rather heavy downpour. As the rain eased we…
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Down the Wild West Coast
8/3/26 – Greymouth to Kumara. 29.99km (1910.07km). 265m elevation The morning was quite exciting as Oliver had a visit from the tooth fairy, he was stoked with his very shiny $2 coin. Rhys had a wet walk into town to get breakfast supplies so after a quick game of Skip bo Josh went to pick…
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Picton to Greymouth
27/2/26: Wellington to Picton. 5km (1517.14km) cycling and 92km on the ferry. Today is the day that we leave the north island! The mood was high as we woke and got sorted for the day. I made the most of a break in the weather and got outside to install the dynamo light the Rob…
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All downhill to Wellington…..Not!
16/2/26 – Whanganui: rest day Waking up inside hearing the storm outside was quite lovely, again we were very happy with our decision not to tent and get a family room in Breamer house, it is such a beautiful old house. We had a very relaxing morning snuggling up on the couches watching the Winter…
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Whanganui River Journey
9/2/16 – Rest day – 0km We were all pretty happy to have a rest day today, both to relax and recover from a big week on the bikes and also to prepare for tomorrow’s Whanganui Canoe adventure! Over breakfast we got the family together and watched ‘how to canoe’ videos plus the safety briefing…
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Timber Trail and Arthur’s Birthday
3/2/26. Matamata – Arohena – 30.79km (666.72km), 365m elevation. A feeling of trepidation and some slight apprehension was running strong this morning, knowing that our time in Matamata had come to a close, signifying the end of our North island family and friends stop off’s. In addition to this, it is infact that over the…
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Hauraki Rail Trail
https://youtu.be/t49wXTbaZhE 26/1/26 – Waitawa Bay, 40.81km (460.92km), 438m elevation, 2hrs 59min. It was a nice feeling knowing we were getting away again and I could see blue skies. We have decided to leave a few more things in our suitcase as we just haven’t used them and wanted to save space. After loading up the…