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RGardner:
For those who know Mike Hyde, the author of the Twisting Throttle motorcycle books, his funeral was held in Christchurch on 7 Aug 2015. I knew him very well so went down for it and then on to Dunedin to visit our oldest son at Otago Uni.
I had the NZ OzSTOC flag with me so here’s a brief record of the 5-day 2,000km mid-winter trip from Palmerston North to Dunedin and back:


Was planning on coming back via the inland Lindus & Lewis Passes but they were too icy. Had to take the coastal road there and back instead.
 




Seal colony on the Kaikoura Coast. Cute little things and a great piece of riding road.
 
 
Mike Hyde’s famous Twisting Throttle V-Strom. A very big funeral for a really great guy. (Brain tumour at the age of 58)
 
 

Headed south from Christchurch the next morning but was forced to have an hour’s layover in Ashburton to wait for the temperature to get above zero and the slush to melt a bit. I couldn’t feel my fingers well enough to get the OzSTOC flag out of the glove compartment for this picture!
 
 
Dunedin’s Baldwin Street – The world’s steepest street. It was all black ice that morning so didn’t attempt riding to the top.
 
 
Royal Albatross colony out on the Otago Peninsular. They’d earlier flown off into the Southern Ocean where it must have been warmer!
 
 
Dunedin’s historic railway station. Having an ST 1300 parked out the front really does smarten up the architecture…
 
 
The sun came out for the return trip through Kaikoura – At one point it even got to 7 degrees and I could get by with just one layer of gloves.
 
 

Beauty of travelling at this time of year is there’s no competition for the Picton Ferry tie-down points.
 

Gadget:
Great photos and thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear the sad news regarding Mike.

saaz:
Sad news indeed, but a good report. Normally I would say that's not cold but I am getting used to 20 overnight and over 30 during the day 😈

RGardner:
Nothing wrong with the weather forecast last Wednesday so did an impromptu mid-week loop around the central North Island:
720km,
Palmerston North, Napier, Taupo, National Park, Wanganui and back to the start...





Windy day at Lake Taupo looking south towards the volcanoes



Mt Ruapehu got a bit over-exposed behind Chateau Tongararo

Shaun:
Looks stunning.

I will have to jump the puddle some day.

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