{"id":11092,"date":"2023-10-29T23:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=11092"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:50:06","slug":"west-coast-wilderness-trail-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2023\/10\/west-coast-wilderness-trail-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Wilderness Trail – Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For a while now I’ve been wanting to do the West Coast Wilderness Trail<\/a>, a multi day mountain bike trail, today it’s actually happening! Click here<\/a> for the map of the trail<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is the start, in Greymouth, next to the Grey River<\/p><\/div>\n

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I bought some pannier bags and a carrier recently and this is my first ever multi day bicycle trip<\/p><\/div>\n

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The weather forecast showed 4 consecutive days of decent weather and indeed the weather today is awesome, as is that Suzuki Jimny just to my left in the photo, the bicycle carrier<\/a> I bought recently performed as expected<\/p><\/div>\n

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There are some nice buildings in Greymouth, this is the Speight’s Ale House<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Greymouth Clock Tower<\/p><\/div>\n

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Old relics of mining (?) along Richmond Quay<\/p><\/div>\n

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Boats in Sawyer’s Creek<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yes, Rachel is here too! She was keen to do the trail as well, we have just left Greymouth and are now heading south<\/p><\/div>\n

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Greymouth’s airfield, plenty of space for landing out with a glider<\/p><\/div>\n

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And we continue, the track is easy to ride<\/p><\/div>\n

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Crossing the Taramakau River<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking right<\/p><\/div>\n

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The train bridge going over the river<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Taramakau River<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shortly after crossing the river and at the beginning of the Greymouth Kumara Tramway we see this cute garden<\/p><\/div>\n

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A selfie<\/p><\/div>\n

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An absolutely wonderful part of the trail goes through this forest, towards Kumara<\/p><\/div>\n

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I mean, this is beautiful, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

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We are getting higher now<\/p><\/div>\n

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And not long past Kumara we reach the Kapitea Reservoir<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where we call it a day after over 41 km of cycling and pitch the tent<\/p><\/div>\n

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And Rachel heats up a meal<\/p><\/div>\n

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And I filter some water from the reservoir to drink and do dishes with, after that it’s off to bed, tired, need a good sleep!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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