Tag: Otago Rail Trail

Ranfurly to Hyde: 32km. Hyde to Middlemarch: 27km, plus 20km round trip to Sutton Salt Lakes. We leave Naseby on an early shuttle in a complete whiteout, visibility so poor I’m glad I’m not trying to see my way on a bike. The driver tells us the mists have been bad this year, a consequence […]

Oturehua to Ranfurly/Naseby: 25km. (Plus 15km for Neil!) Oturehua is a lovely little town, if not much more than a hotel/pub, a few houses, many offering accommodation, and Gilchrist’s Store. One of the oldest in New Zealand, the store has been open since 1902 and in the same family for almost the first hundred years. […]

Omakau to Oturehua: 29km, plus 5km to Ophir. Before we continue the trail we detour to Ophir, the area’s largest town until the rail line was built through Omakau instead (would love to have been in on that conversation – Wha-a-a-t?!) It holds the record for the greatest temperature range in New Zealand, something we’re […]

Clyde to Omakau: 37km The Otago Rail Trail was opened over two decades ago, not long before Neil and I made New Zealand our home. With a couple of friends we’ve done a lot of talking about riding it but never quite managed to get ourselves organised. Last year we decided that 2021 would be […]