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I saw this bike on the Bona Dea trail today when I was doing a 3.5 mile walk. I took this with a Olmypus 35 RC rangefinder camera from the 1970's. This camera is about the size of a Konica C35 (1.5 X the size of a cigarett pack) and has shutter priority and a f2.8 42mm lens.
Hāpuawhenua Viaduct - Built 1908.
The completion of the new Hāpuawhenua Viaduct in 1987 saw the old viaduct fall temporarily into disuse until it was repurposed as the site of the world’s first commercial bungy jumping operation. It then stood redundant for some 20 years until it was restored and re-opened as an extension of the Ohakune Old Coach Road walking and cycling track in 2009.
Geocache - Hapuawhenua Viaduct (Ohakune) Traditional Cache GC23XB1
My mountain bike was in need of a little love. Well, maybe not really, but there was a sale going on. . . . . . . new grips, brakes, and dropper seat post.
Once an important section of New Zealands road network, this section of State Highway 3 through Te Āpiti – Manawatū Gorge was closed following a series of massive slips. The road has a long history of slips and instability, and in the 20 years before the major 2017 slips it was closed 11% of the time due to slips or instability. This section of road was permanently closed in 2017, with the replacement road finally opening just several months ago.
Te Āpiti, the Māori name for the gorge, means 'the narrow passage' and is associated with the ancestoral chief Whātonga, who is said to have found and explored the gorge in about the 12th century.
Due to the ongoing danger, these barriers have been erected to keep the general public out. It wasn't an easy task to climb over them with my bike :oD
93/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.
This random T Rex was found on the edge of a State Highway in rural New Zealand. It is made from driftwood.
41/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.
This plaque, recognising the work done on a section of State Highway 3 in New Zealand over a five year period, is now becoming forgotten. The road has a history of slips and subsidence and was permanently closed in 2017. Due to the ongoing risks of further slips etc. the section of road, where this memorial is located, is now off limits to the public.
Further images of the road in the previous two photos.
94/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.
Riding the Remutaka Rail Trail, New Zealand.
Geocache - Between a Rock and a Dark Place - Wellington Traditional Cache GCAFZEE
Once an important section of New Zealands road network, this section of State Highway 3 through Te Āpiti – Manawatū Gorge was closed following a series of massive slips. The road has a long history of slips and instability, and in the 20 years before the major 2017 slips it was closed 11% of the time due to slips or instability. This section of road was permanently closed in 2017, with the replacement road finally opening just several months ago.
Te Āpiti, the Māori name for the gorge, means 'the narrow passage' and is associated with the ancestoral chief Whātonga, who is said to have found the gorge in about the 12th century,
92/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.
The New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae).
The New Zealand falcon is capable of flying at speeds of up to 200 km/h and can catch prey larger than itself.
This mural was painted by Palmerston North street artist and tattooist "SwiftMantis" in 2021 at the Linton Army Camp.
81/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.
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An evening ride on the local recreation trails that follow the (ever expanding) edge of town.
97/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.
"We can do this the easy way, or the Goat Rock way". Leaving the Remutaka Rail Trail for something more rugged.
Geocache - A Phew Tonnes (Wellington) Traditional Cache GC5Q0RZ
With my wife on overnight call it meant no Saturday morning ride for me. So instead I stayed up Friday night playing with the bike in the studio. Tumblr
This image, taken on the 'Old Coach Road', shows the original Hāpuawhenua rail viaduct, with the "new" viaduct in the background.
The original structure is the Big Brother of the Taonui viaduct in my previous image. It was designed by the same architect and was a critical section of New Zealands North Island Main Trunk Line, the railway line between Wellington and Auckland. At 284 metres long, 45 metres high, and made of steel, the viaduct boasts five 19.5 metre Pratt trusses, thirteen 11 metre plate girders, and four similar girders over the steel pier heads. Today, the viaduct remains one of the oldest, longest, and tallest curved viaducts in New Zealand and in the early 1900s this was the largest wooden curved railway bridge in the world. Scaffolding was not used during construction. The builders used ladders reaching from the foundations to deck level, about 45 metres above the stream. Construction was completed with no serious injuries. The viaduct was completed in April 1908, in time to be traversed by the Parliamentary Special, marking the first unbroken rail journey from Wellington to Auckland on the NIMT. Carrying a party of politicians, the service left Wellington on 7 August 1908 and arrived in Auckland 20 hours 30 minutes later. Today the same journey is completed in approximately 11 hours.
The completion of the new Hāpuawhenua Viaduct in 1987 saw the old viaduct fall temporarily into disuse until it was repurposed as the site of the world’s first commercial bungy jumping operation, the brain-child of entrepreneur A. J. Hackett. The old Hāpuawhenua Viaduct stood redundant for some 20 years until it was restored and re-opened as an extension of the Ohakune Old Coach Road walking and cycling track in 2009.
42/100 images taken while cycling in 2025.