Anaura Bay – Tolaga Bay
We think it is day 18 of this New Zealand cycling tour! Reluctantly we had to move on from Anaura Bay this morning as we were running out of supplies. We can only carry about two days worth of food with us. The only reason we managed to stretch the stay to three nights was because of the kindness of others.
Kiwi kindness
Our fresh food supplies, and most of our dried foods, apart from a handful of nuts and a few gooey marshmallows, were depleted. We could have, if we’d needed to, survive on ice cream, chocolate and coke from the camp shop, but thanks to a surprise delivery to the tent by Victor on his ride on lawnmower, we had freshly caught and hot smoked lemon fish for lunch!
And for Saturday night dinner we tucked into locally caught crayfish, venison and steak, all courtesy of an invite from some lovely Kiwi and South African camping neighbours. We managed to supply the wine (quantity, not quality in this instance), by paying Victor for picking up a box of wine when he drove to the store in Tolaga Bay.
The kindness did not stop there. Once we were packed and ready to go we had offers all round to drive us up the hill, and with the daunting prospect of that 2km climb in the midday sunshine who were we to refuse. Anything for an easy life!! This is our experience of a New Zealand cycling tour.
Teamwork at Tolaga Bay
It meant the afternoon ride to Tolaga Bay started with a steep downhill, followed by a fast, flat and easy 18kms.
In no time at all we had fresh supplies on board, and as the fastest tent pitching team in the south, Olive was up, and it is time for us to relax once more. We could get used to this life…
We’re pitched up here at Tolaga Bay Campsite ($NZ32 per night) for a couple of nights.
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