Biking in Central Otago: Clyde to Alexandra River Trail – New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year
Day 187: Today we are hitting one of the many awesome bike trails in Central Otago! Check out the Clyde to Alexandra River Trail with us in this epic New Zealand bike trail!
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Today we are in the cycling capital of New Zealand, the a Central Otago region! We go the town of Clyde which is the start (or end) of the Clyde to Alexandra River Trail (or Alexandra to Clyde River Trail). It’s also the base of Bike It Now! in Clyde who we hire some awesome mountain bikes from for the river trail.
The Clyde to Alexandra River Trail is a bike trail following the Clutha River. It’s an awesome bike trail in Alexandra and bike trail in Clyde. We bike this Central Otago cycle trail past heritage mining equipment, forest and views of the Clutha River.
If you’re looking for a place to bike in Central Otago, this would be a great place to do it. So what do you think of the Alexandra River Trail? LUK in the comments!
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New Zealand Sheep Farm Experience in AKAROA (Christchurch)l Cruise Vlog l Ep. 12
I LOVE sheep (for some reason) so a bucket list excursion of mine was to visit a sheep farm while in New Zealand. So, off I went to visit sheep in Akaroa! I booked this tour through Norwegian Cruise Line though most cruise lines offer this tour. It is called: TRADITIONAL AKAROA FARM EXPERIENCE and here is the description from NCL's website:
“Experience life on a traditional New Zealand sheep farm, where six generations of the Johns family have their 900-acre property. A short ride brings you Paua Bay Farm, nestled among extensive gardens. The charming farmhouse is the centerpiece of this expansive working farm. As many as 4,500 sheep, cattle and deer roam the rural acreage.
You'll be greeted by Murray Johns, who will share stories of the family's history and about farming in New Zealand. Then, the eager sheep dogs take center stage and demonstrate their talents for herding sheep, while following their master's commands. If you'd like, you can participate in separating the sheep, before moving to the woolshed, where Murray will elaborate on the life of a sheep shearer.
In addition to watching farming activities, you'll also have time to stroll the garden of native plants and relax over tea and homemade scones.”
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Otago Central Rail Trail, Clyde to Omakau
Day one (of 4) of a trip on the OCRT in February 2015. Started in Alexandra, and rode to Clyde, then went of trail and followed the river trail back to Alex, where the rail trail was rejoined. Garmin Virb Camera with stills from HTC One phone camera. With thanks to Altitude Bikes for arranging the trip for us.
Skippers Canyon near Queenstown, New Zealand
Skippers Canyon is a historic and scenic gorge, some 22 kilometres in length, that is located several kilometres north of Queenstown. Today accessed from Queenstown via the same road that leads to Coronet Peak skifield, Skippers Canyon houses the Shotover River, one of New Zealand's richest gold bearing rivers which was named by William Gilbert Rees. Rees, his wife Francis and brother-in-law Nicholas von Tunzelmann were the first European settlers in and near where Queenstown is now located. Once a busy goldmining area, Skippers Canyon was accessed by Skippers Road, which is today one of New Zealand's better known scenic roads. The main New Zealand road where rental car insurance is not honoured if driven on, Skippers Road is mostly one-way, narrow and steep with sheer drops of several hundred metres. Apart from its goldmining history, Skippers Canyon was also the site where electricity was first generated at a place called Bullendale, a small former goldmining settlement some 4 hours walk from the farthest end of Skippers Road.
Cutting Tracks The Queenstown Bike Park
Cutting Tracks.
We share our Journeys through the Spectacular New Zealands cycle trails. We share these through high quality video production.
We visit New zealands cycle trails with different Characters and showcase there journey, we release these Journeys in Internet episodes and on DVD.
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This episode is the start of our Journey in Queenstown where we partake in the QT bike park, including fantastic and iconic vistas such as the Remarkables and the earnslaw. All before having lunch at Winnie's in queenstown and staying the night at the Arrow private hotel in Arrow Town. We then Head off to start the trail.
Central Otago NZ - Through Local Eyes - The Bank Cafe, Olivers, & Monteiths Alexandra
Learn about Central Otago's unique flavours through the words of passionate local chefs and business owners.
This episode features the Bank Cafe, Olivers Cafe & Restaurant in Clyde and Monteiths Alexandra.
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Hayes Engineering Works (Oturehua)
Hayes Engineering is just out of Oturehua which is near the half way point of the Otago Rail Trail. We got a glimpse of the last open day of 2010 which they run monthly over the summer.