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[Deleted member 18083]

David does it ever freeze there?

Of course it gets a bit chilly at times. Here's a photo of Ben and me taken in January a few years ago (2007 actually). I've mislaid the location but it must be somewhere in the southern Queensland highlands; the hill furthest to the left has a familiar profile.

Perhaps, this was the photo I was looking for. The same two in July 1984 when it did snow in the southern highlands (at around 900 m). It took me ages to rake up that amount of the white stuff! Any blizzards between then and now have escaped my notice.

 

[steve mercier]

Of course it gets a bit chilly at times. Here's a photo of Ben and me taken in January a few years ago (2007 actually). I've mislaid the location but it must be somewhere in the southern Queensland highlands; the hill furthest to the left has a familiar profile.
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Perhaps, this was the photo I was looking for. The same two in July 1984 when it did snow in the southern highlands (at around 900 m). It took me ages to rake up that amount of the white stuff!
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Nice pics ...dig the Addidas too!

 

[Camac]

Taken on my last cycle tour across South Island, NZ …
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About one third of the flock had already passed me (I was on my Airnimal folder), then these ewes, followed by the remaining third of the flock which can be seen approaching from the left beyond the motorhome.

Just go to New Zealand; it's a beautiful and friendly place. Ebikes can be provided.

There's a story about a police chase where the villains were out in the country and giving the cops a run for their money. They came round the corner and here's this great big mob of sheep. They got nicked. And it turns out the sheep were owned by another cop who just happened to be moving them between farms.

 

[Deleted member 18083]

Classic NZ road ride — around Lake Taupo in a day …

Lake Taupo with Ruapehu beyond.​

165 km in a day? Piece of cake (helped down with several coffees). It must be easy cycling around a lake! Oh, but this is New Zealand which is a touch mountainous.

What a ride! Best ever? Definitely one of my most memorable days on a bike.

The straight line distance from where I took the photo at the start/finish of the ride in the town of Taupo to Mount Ruapehu (2797 m) is 100 km. What you see in the photo is roughly 50 km across the lake plus another 50 km to Mount Ruapehu. Don't be complacent, that volcano is in working order.

 

[steve mercier]

Classic NZ road ride — around Lake Taupo in a day …
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Lake Taupo with Ruapehu beyond.​

165 km in a day? Piece of cake (helped down with several coffees). It must be easy cycling around a lake! Oh, but this is New Zealand which is a touch mountainous.

What a ride! Best ever? Definitely one of my most memorable days on a bike.

The straight line distance from where I took the photo at the start/finish of the ride in the town of Taupo to Mount Ruapehu (2797 m) is 100 km. What you see in the photo is roughly 50 km across the lake plus another 50 km to Mount Ruapehu. Don't be complacent, that volcano is in working order.
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Wow incredible ride...how long did that take you?

 

[Deleted member 18083]

How long did that take you?

The best part of eight hours, excluding coffee and cake stops.

 

[ChezCheese:)]

We have our winners …
Steve and Bill knew the answer: there's no more serious offence in Queensland than keeping a bunny rabbit!
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Shouldn't the penalty be for "Rabbit Unloosing"?

 

[steve mercier]

I live only 80 metres above sea level yet the birdbath measures 1 foot or 30 cm of fresh snow last night. I can only imagine how much they got in the mountains.

 

[steve mercier]

The best part of eight hours, excluding coffee and cake stops.

David if you can do that at 75 ,You are going to live to 100!

 

[steve mercier]

Care to guess the country in this pic?...

 

[steve mercier]

Hint: not in North America

 

[steve mercier]

Notice the bike is able to on it's own without the kickstand

 

[steve mercier]

Am I on the lookout for a member of the Feline or Canine family?

 

[steve mercier]

Yes these are color/colour pictures

 

[steve mercier]

The new tires perform admirably but with no motor I am exhausted after only 25 km... zzz ...zzz... zzz

 

[Deleted member 18083]

Town start with G and lake with W?

 

[ez3putt]

Bike of the day - Stepped off the elevator yesterday to go for a ride and saw this waiting for me. Not an ebike, but pretty cool. Maybe the oldest folding bike I have ever seen.

 

[ez3putt]

Tough day for a ride today. Low 80's F, light wind and clear skies. I had ridden past the trail head for the Cape Haze Pioneer trail dozens of times, but today was the first time I stopped. I had never noticed the bike repair station with more bike tools than I will ever own cabled to it. Alas, no electrical outlet for charging batteries.

On our return trip, we stopped at one of our favorite waterside restaurants for lunch and a cold beer about mile 12. If two riders weren't leaving when we arrived, there would have been no place at the bike rack to park. There was a smaller rack around the corner that had four more bikes in it. Ours were the only two ebikes.

 

[steve mercier]

Town start with G and lake with W?

Very good! How did you know?

 

[Deleted member 18083]

How did you know?

Once upon a time – when my brother Rob and I were in the first half of our sixties rather than the second half of our seventies – we 'tramped' the Milford, Routeburn and Kepler tracks in the 'Land of the Long White Cloud'.

DB tramping towards Glenorchy and Lake Wakatipu in times past.