Thomson Gorge Road

Thomson Gorge Road – Dunstan Mountains The day after we ‘nailed the Nevis Valley’ (click on the previous blog here), the sun was still shining so we thought we’d conquer the Thomson Gorge Road.   We decided to travel the road over the Dunstan Mountains from west to east.  This meant we joined Thomson Gorge […]

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Alexandra

Exploring Alexandra Alexandra was only a short drive from our camping spot at Pinders Pond near Roxburgh (46km).  See our previous blog. We had our eyes on finishing off the Roxburgh Gorge Cycle Trail by cycling Alexandra to Doctors Point and return.  More on this later in the blog. Alexandra has a bit of a […]

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Roxburgh

Nestled beside the magnificent Mount Benger range, the small sleepy township of Roxburgh sits in the heart of the stunning Teviot Valley in Central Otago. Some of NZ’s largest and best summer fruits can be found here.  They have been growing stone fruit here as early as the 1880s, starting off with a couple of […]

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Arrowtown

After pressing pause on our explorations of the Catlins (see our previous blog here), Arrowtown was next on our sights. When it comes to Arrowtown for us, it’s a case of ‘never say never’! The Timing was Right for Arrowtown Now, we admit that we’re not fans of the Queenstown/Arrowtown area.  It is not the […]

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