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Sunday, 18 March 2007
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While I am on the road my latest 10 pictures from my mobile phone should update automatically below. Click through to Flickr to see the rest.
7:38:01 PM 
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1:50:26 PM
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I leave tommorrow morning. Today I'm spending indoors, no biking. Friends are coming to visit for coffees and a few boardgames (Settlers), which will be a nice way to get my mind off the "what have I forgotten to pack?" question. I can't beleive that for the next 5 or 6 weeks my bike will be home for Kaycee and I. No TV's, no computers, no radios, no clock's, or pressure, or timetables, just new horizons.
Things I'm most looking forward to now:
- The downside of the Spooners range. The lookout up there will be the last veiw of Nelson. After that I'll really feel like we're on our way.
- Camping next to the mighty Buller River.
- Jackson's Head.
- The Rail Trail in Otago.
- My favourite part of NZ's coastline, the Kaikoura Coast. This will feel like the home strecth to me and there's some great camping spots along there. There is something about be able to hear the pounding surf on rock beachs from where you sleep that is deeeeeply relaxing.
I've configured my phone to send photos for my Flickr account and tag them with "around the south", "mobile phone" and "coffeewaffle". I can give each photo a title by changing the name of the image file before I send it. I'll add descriptions whenever I find an internet cafe.
I will post again before we leave... probably just before with the bike all loaded up.
11:00:06 AM
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007
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Monday, 5 March 2007
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My Xtracycle averages over 300km per week these days. Just cleaned it
today so was a good excuse to get a decent photo with its new custom
snapdeck on. In just two weeks I begin a 6 week break from work. During my time off, my friend Devon and I will be going for a bit of a bike ride. The plan is to leave Nelson on our Xtracycles, ride down the west coast of the South Island to the southern-most tip of New Zealand's mainland, then ride back up the east coast. We will be camping in tents most nights, and aiming to ride at least 100km every day. With six weeks to do it we should have plenty of time up our sleves to explore many side roads and generally take our time. Kaycee will be coming along. I'm havig a special plastic box made as a 'sidecar' for her to ride in. I will be setting up a yahoo group to post photos, videos, and text from my mobile to, so you can all come along for the ride. We have been planning this trip for well over a year now but I haven't really mentioned it here. When we first started talking about it, we found some people didn't really beleive we could, or would do it, so I just didn't talk about it. We'll just do it instead. After all this planning I am now getting excited about it.
9:55:54 PM
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Murray Neill
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Last update:
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