Pearls On Wheels

Stunning scenes, lots of history, typical sheep farming landscapes... We are really enjoying being back on the road again. Come along for the ride and see what caught my eye today. You can find out more by clicking on the links in the text. I used an iPhone as my camera for all the photos on this trip. Strong winds blow in from the south. All the way from Antarctica.  Te Waewae Bay.  Every intersection on this Southern  scenic route has directional arrows to remind tourists turning on to the highway to keep left. A welcome break at Riverton.  We visited the Te Hikoi Museum . We learned lots about early Maori, sealers, millers, Titi(Shearwater). Lots of human interest stories. Right up my alley. In Invercargill we visited eHayes and Son ltd, probably the biggest hardware store in New Zealand. It certainly has the best welcome. The star attraction is Burt Munro's 1920 600cc Indian Scout in which he established the land speed record

We are proposing to go on a long,  long ride in late May, 2016. We are planning some rides on Orlanda in New Zealand as preparation.   This trip takes us through the backcountry around the Eyre Mountains in the Wakatipu region near Queenstown.  We cross lake Wakatipu aboard TSS  Earnslaw  to Walter Peak, then ride to Mt Nicholas and through the Von Valley to Mavora Lakes and Lake Manaouri to Tuatapere. The reward is meal of Blue Cod and Oysters at the Waiau Hotel at Tuatapere. Its a good day for a ride...  Orlanda takes Dick aboard  Earnslaw.  Its another gorgeous day in Queenstown. We have had an extraordinarily sunny summer.  We disembark at Walter Peak  and ride along Lake Wakatipu to Mt Nicholas Station. We are sharing the road today with lots of cyclists who are riding the Round the Mountain Bicycle trail.  This is an isolated farming district. We are fortunate that there is a well-formed road. Something that the early settlers who