Statistics (Totals/Locations)
Miles: about 706.8 miles
Days: 28 days
Countries: New Zealand and Australia
Flight information
Expenses: - Mostly unknown
Day 1, December 20, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California towards Auckland, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Finished final exams
Expenses: $25.00 US for bike on plane - Not sure price of air fare
Accommodations: Slept on Plane
Day 2, December 21, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Plane all day
Points of interest:
1. None
Expenses: None
Accommodations: Slept on Plane
Day 3, December 22, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 94.8 miles
Location: Auckland, New Zealand to North of Te Aro Ha, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Bare Foot East German bikers
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camp at rest stop north of Te Aro Ha
Day 4, December 23, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 86.5 miles
Location: North of Te Aro Ha, New Zealand to near Rotoiti Lake, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Wairere Falls
2. Opal Hot Springs
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camped in front of the Moose Lodge near road before Rotoiti Lake
Day 5, December 24, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 74 miles
Location: Near Rotoiti Lake to Huka Falls, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Hells Gate
2. Maori Arts and Craft Institute
3. Glowworms near Huka Falls
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camped at Huka Falls, New Zealand
Day 6, December 25, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 96.6 miles
Location: Huka Falls to Napier, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Ham burger with ham as meat
2. Sweden biker, Gunnar
3. Lovely lady that offered me a ride
Expenses: $1.50 NZD Sleeping bag in clothes drier - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Kennedy campground
Day 7, December 26, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 14.6 miles
Location: Napier to Ngakuta Bay, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Wellington to Picton Ferry
Expenses: $25.00 Bus with bike - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Camped near no camping sign at rest stop in Ngakuta Bay
Day 8, December 27, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 95.2 miles
Location: Ngakuta Bay to Rotoiti Lake, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Biker family camping hills of South Island
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camped in front of lake at Rotoiti Lake
Day 9, December 28, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 92.7 miles
Location: Rotoiti Lake to south of Inangahua, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Private suspension bridge
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camped next to road in plan view
Day 10, December 29, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 62.9 miles
Location: Inangahua to Greymouth, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Brunner Mine
Expenses: $10.00 NZD Phone card - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Youth Hostel in Greymouth
Day 11, December 30, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 19 miles
Location: Greymouth to Christchurch, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Train trip to Christchurch
Expenses: $58.00 NZD train to Christchurch - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Backpacker's Hostel
Day 12, December 31, 1991
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Christchurch toward Queenstown, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Christchurch
2. New Years eve in rental car
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Slept in rental car between Christchurch and turn off to Mount Cook
Day 13, January 1, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Near turn off to Mount Cook to Queenstown, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Flight over Milford Sound
2. Bungee jumping off Kawarau Suspension Bridge
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Queenstown Lodge
Day 14, January 2, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Queenstown, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Routeburn Track (trail)
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Queenstown Lodge
Day 15, January 3, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 34.2 miles
Location: Queenstown to Christchurch, New Zealand
Points of interest:
1. Blue Pools in Blue River near Haast Pass
2. Accident on way to Fox Glacier
3. Franz Josef Glacier
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Slept in rental car on Author's Pass
Day 16, January 4, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Manly Beach and Bondi Beach
2. Sydney Tower
3. Sydney Aquarium
Expenses: $578.50 NZD Car Accident/ Export Tax - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Oxford Koala Motel in Sydney, Australia
Day 17, January 5, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Sydney to Brisbane, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Sydney Opera House
2. Doyles Restaurant in Sydney
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Slept on train to Brisbane, Australia
Day 18, January 6, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Brisbane to Airlie Beach, Australia
Points of interest:
1. None
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Motel at Airlie Beach, Australia
Day 19, January 7, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Airlie Beach, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Great Barrier Reef
2. Hike to Swamp Bay via Mt. Rooper
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Motel at Airlie Beach, Australia
Day 20, January 8, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Airlie Beach to Cairns, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Feeding Kangaroos at Billabong Sanctuary
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Lyons Motel in Cairns, Australia
Day 21, January 9, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Cairns, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Great Barrier Reef
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Lyons Motel in Cairns, Australia
Day 22, January 10, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Cairns to Daintree River and back to Cairns, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Lake Barrine
2. Curtain Fig Tree
3. Tablelands - Malanda falls, Millaa Millaa falls, Zillie Falls, Ellinjaa Falls and Dinner Falls
4. The Crater
5. Ferry across Daintree River and short drive on Cape York Peninsula
Expenses: $4.00 A ferry - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Lyons Motel in Cairns, Australia
Day 23, January 11, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0.5 miles
Location: Cairns, Queensland to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Points of interest:
1. None
Expenses: $439.00A - Air fare Cairns To Hobart - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Camped near satellite dish on hill in Hobart, Tasmania
Day 24, January 12, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 11.3 miles
Location: Hobart to Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Patterson Arch
2. Tessellated Pavement
3. Port Arthur's prison Ruins
4. Remarkable Caves
Expenses: $10.00 A - Phone Card - Not sure what else
Accommodations: New Sydney Hotel Hostel in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Day 25, January 13, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Hobart to Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Mt. Field National Park
2. Russell Falls and Lady Baron Falls
3. Police Car accident
4. Lake St. Clair wallabies
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Slept in car on the way to Cradle Mountain
Day 26, January 14, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 3.2 miles
Location: Cradle Mountain to near Hartz Mountain
Points of interest:
1. Lake Dove, Lake Lilla and Crater Lake
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Slept in car on the way to Hartz Mountain
Day 27, January 15, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 7 miles
Location: Hartz Mountain, Tasmania to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Hartz National Park
2. Mt. Wellington
3. Silver Falls
Expenses: $181.40 A - transportation - Not sure what else
Accommodations: Slept on train to Sydney
Day 28, January 16, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 5 miles
Location: Sydney to near Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Wentworth Falls
2. Coachwood Glen Nature Trail
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camped at Quota Club of Blackheath campground
Day 29, January 17, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Location: Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Points of interest:
1. Three Sisters near Katoomba
2. Swinging on vines in canyon near Katoomba
3. Steepest Railway in the world out of canyon near Katoomba
4. Katoomba Scenic Tramway
5. Katoomba Falls
6. Anvil Rock
Expenses: Not sure
Accommodations: Camped near Perry Lookdown on the rim of Grande Canyon of the Blue Mountains
Day 30, January 18, 1992
Daily Bike Miles: 9.3 miles
Location: Katoomba to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to Albuquerque, New Mexico
Points of interest:
1. Blue Gum Forest in the Grande Canyon on the Blue Mountains
Expenses: $.0.60 A Shower and Not sure what else
Accommodations: Slept on plane back to New Mexico