Cromwell and Clyde

After our two days of cycling we had a rest day. We drove to Cromwell and looked around the heritage area. When the dam was made these buildings were rescued and moved to a higher level. The seed and grain store is a cafe where we had morning coffee twice.

Jo checks out an old cottage.

That evening we got fish and chips and ate them overlooking Alexandra.

On our last day we wandered around Clyde...

...had a final coffee in the cafe and then headed to Queenstown for our flight.

On the way we stopped at the loo with a view at Highland Park. This was one of the urinals. :-)

 

Roxborough Gorge cycle trail

Rain had been forcast for bot our days of cycling. Day one was warm and sunny, day two dawned wet. After coffee in our cafe we took the shuttle to Roxborough dam. It was grey but the rain had stopped and as soon as we set off the clouds disappeared. It was a cold wind though.

Malcolm sets off on the zig zags at the start of the trail.

Me in action with the dam behind.

The dot in the middle of this photo is me.

After about 10kms we boarded the jet boat for the next section.

The driver gave us a commentary. The cottage above was the home of a woman who collected gold from the miners and took it to be assayed.

The miners lived in caves or overhangs of rock that they walled in.

After the boat section we had a break, then continued on to Alexndra.

We had lunch at the old courthouse, then cycled beside the river to Clyde.

This 12km section was badly maintained and very rough to ride on. This photo is one of the smoother sections.

 

Lake Dunstan Cycle Trail

We flew down to Queenstown in the South Island, then drove to Clyde. Five of us had booked e-bikes to ride some cycle trails. Clyde is an old little town, established in the gold mining days. First we had coffee then crossed the road to get our bikes. The shuttle took us to Cromwell, where we started the ride.

The trail took us to Bannockburn then back to the point oposite Cromwell. From here we followed the edge of Lake Dunstan, formed by a dam.

The ride was 38km and was 'interesting' in places...

We stopped for lunch here - bacon butties.

There was some climb and hairpin bends...

The dots (us) by the lake show the scale.

Jo, Allister, Malcolm and Neil.

Some of the track clung to the cliffs, there were also bridges over the side creeks. It took us about five hours to get back to Clyde.