South Island Complete!!
23 February 2015
The first half of the bike trip flew by and before we knew it we had arrived in Wellington!! My fundraising goal was to bike from Cape Reinga to Bluff in a month and having never done a bike trip before I wasn't sure if this was ambitious or do-able but considering we completed one island in 13 days, we seemed to be on track! After having such a good experience in the North Island I was keen to soldier on to the South Island although my partner in crime- Chris and I were on different time schedules so when we reached Wellington, we decided to make like a banana and split.
On day 18 I hopped on the ferry, bound for Picton!! I decided to ride along the East Coast of the South Island, so from Picton I biked to Blenheim, Kaikoura, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin and Gore. On February 7th, exactly one month after departing Cape Reinga, I made it to Bluff!! To reach Bluff was super exciting as I achieved my goal of cycling from the top to the bottom of New Zealand in a month. The South Island was all smooth sailing except for two days when I was battling crazy weather- as in gale force winds and torrential rain!! But to only have two days of bad weather on the whole trip, I consider myself pretty lucky!! I had such a good experience in the South Island, well on the whole trip actually! I was absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of people who want to help out, from those who gave me a bed to sleep in, to those who donated to this fundraiser. Thank you all for making this bike trip an adventure I’ll never forget!! Stay classy New Zuulland xx