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I awake at sunrise to this awesome view just south of Kaiteriteri<\/p><\/div>
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Luckily no complaints from the house behind me about that nasty freedom camper<\/p><\/div>
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Raumanuka and Motueka Sandspit<\/a> Scenic Reserve, not even 08:00 in the morning and I’m already cycling!<\/p><\/div>
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Motueka Golf Club<\/p><\/div>
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Such a beautiful morning, what a fantastic trail<\/p><\/div>
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An arty table<\/p><\/div>
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And if you turn to your right from where the previous photo was taken you see the Janie Seddon Shipwreck<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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Motueka is amazing, very hospitable!<\/p><\/div>
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Must be good fun sailing here<\/p><\/div>
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This is cool too! The Motueka Saltwater Baths<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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A swimming pool – unsupervised, so without those pesky life guards that ruin a visit to any regular pool – right on the beach! What an awesome idea<\/p><\/div>
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This is the hardest part of the trail today, it just keeps going up, sometimes quite steep<\/p><\/div>
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They even warn you that it’s Grade 3 here<\/p><\/div>
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Me<\/p><\/div>
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Luckily at the highest point there’s a shaded rest area<\/p><\/div>
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Blistering Bollocks and Bouncy Bits, LOL<\/p><\/div>
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Funny letterbox<\/p><\/div>
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Art along the Aporo Rd<\/p><\/div>
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And the Jester House, I’ve been here before<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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It’s quite quiet on the trail so far<\/p><\/div>
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Ruby Bay<\/p><\/div>
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People enjoying the water<\/p><\/div>
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Shouldn’t be too long to M\u0101pua now, I can’t wait as I haven’t had any breakfast yet but have covered 39 km already<\/p><\/div>
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This reminded me of some album cover but I forgot which one. Something with Bob Dylan?<\/p><\/div>
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First a very unflattering photo of me eating an ice cream<\/p><\/div>
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Yes! M\u0101pua, a chance to get some food. What a lovely place this is!<\/p><\/div>
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Mains! Fries and burger, of course with a healthy dose of aoli<\/p><\/div>
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After I finished my burger I checked my watch and noticed I had exactly 1 minute to make it to the ferry, luckily I made it in the nick of time<\/p><\/div>
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The ferry pretty much turns 180 degrees and there’s the destination already: Rabbit Island<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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The entire crossing took maybe 3 minutes?<\/p><\/div>
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Lovely smell of pines here<\/p><\/div>
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The (only) road out of Rabbit Island (it’s closed off at night)<\/p><\/div>
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Birds near Rabbit Island Bridge<\/p><\/div>
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This is all part of the Waimea Inlet<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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And the trail meanders through it<\/p><\/div>
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Back in Nelson<\/p><\/div>
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“Enjoy the Ride”, thanks, I definitely did<\/p><\/div>
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Anzac Park<\/a><\/p><\/div>
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Kinetic<\/a> sculpture by Phil Price<\/a>, I’m normally not a fan of art but this thing (that is constantly moving) I like<\/p><\/div>
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And I’m back at the start\/finish! I’ve made it. Woohoo! I did 77 km today, making it a total of 224 km that I cycled in 3 days!<\/p><\/div>
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Map of today<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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