Tag: #newzealand
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Project Troopy Update
Project Troopy delayed start this morning with the Boss testing out the bed! Bed, bed wall mounting, air compressor and hinge sidewall panel almost finished ✅Time to start on fridge/freezer, Toilet pivot mount and sink/cupboard assembly.
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Autumn Colours Three
I’m so much enjoying manual focus photography again. I find it much more relaxing taking photos with manual focus because my Brain does not have to think about how to get the auto focus to focus on the part of the photo that I’m trying to photograph.
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How To Save The Bicycle Industry?
Very interesting video below Haven’t been a bicycle nut since the 1970s I feel. I’ve got good insight into how the bike industry has gone from what it was to what it is now in most parts of the world. So in 1970s with had a bicycle boom with BMX bikes. A number of brands…
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Keep New Zealand Clean
Please be a responsible Kiwi when away from home Most people don’t know how to look after our environment in New Zealand. It was extremely short video explaining how to be responsible away from home.
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Ready To Explore
Well Mr Z (my dog) and I are ready to Explore the back roads of New Zealand. At long last I have a vehicle that I feel at home in. I have missed windup windows, and the simple things in life.
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Update On The Ultra Micro Overlander & More
So a few weeks ago I sold my Suzuki Jimny back to my local Suzuki Dealership after finishing her off. Why? Well when I started the project it was for just myself and I had not planned to share my life with someone else. I also had no need for a refrigerator (years of experience…
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Leaning Tree
Mid winter’s day ride over 2 years on my Retro build up Ritchey Ascent, with Nitto Bullmoose handlebars, NOS 1990’s Ritchey Brake Levers, Brooks C15 Cambium saddle, Kent Erickson Titanium seatpost, Paul Components Thumbies Shifter mount’s and Shimano 9 speed Barend shifters. Build the retro way with Shimano XT 3×9 mixed set-up.Wheels are DT Swiss…
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A Sunny Day Out In Middle Of Winter
A day out in XPLR and a short walk/jog with Zippy along part of the Great Lakes Trail on a beautiful sunny afternoon today over looking Lake Taupo.
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Re-Purposing MTB Lights For Dog Walking
So for the last few months I have been looking at replacing my broken head torch, as it’s dark out walking with my Dog in the early morning and evening. Was not happy with the low power red light options with any Headlamp available. A few weeks ago I remembered I had a Mountain Biking…
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The Perfect Bicycle Stand
Are you still looking for the perfect bicycle stand?The best one is just around the corner!
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You Would Not Believe It – History
When I worked in Wellsford (Northland) in the local Honda motorcycle shop the Honda Car dealership across the road could not believe that he just sold a brand new Honda City to a local customer who had a Honda City that was two years old and the Vin number (chassis number/production number) off the new…
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Five Reasons Why You Should Ride A Hardtail Mountain Bike
So right! Mountain biking becomes so much more fun riding with less. Why have rear suspension? I switched to running a suspension forks in 1990 for hand comfort, substantial increase in speed and control. But my first full suspension mountain bike in 2013 just added service costs and I loss the feel of the ride…
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Welding Table Finished
Well to build my plan Sleeping System for my Suzuki Jimny (and future projects) I needed a flat level service to weld it all up straight and in line. So today I finished off a kit set Welding Table.More welding than I had planned on.Relearning to TIG weld has been a challenge with the wrong…
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Inspiring Videos of Some of New Zealand Offroad Roots
This is just one of the future planned adventures I have for myself and my ultra micro overland adventure Jimny. Marcus has videoed some of the great roots/tracks of the South Island.Like the one below.
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Overloaded Camping Adventure’s In NZ
So below is myself riding in a self supported cycling event called the Kiwi Brevet. I was riding the short course a 750 kilometre long loop of the upper part of the South Island in 2015. I learned about trying to ride with too much camping gear and this photo is of myself with my…
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Paradise Is New Zealand
I’m so lucky to live in Paradise and having traveled the world over the last four decades I have come to the conclusion that New Zealand is the best country to live in. Love Taupo (North Island of NZ) but one day I may look to move to Central Otago (in the South Island of…
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Ultra Micro Overland/Camper
Out for a walk with Zippy this last weekend.Looking forward to finishing off my Ultra Micro Overland/Camper.No rooftop tent ⛺️ going on here!After after all we have no Lions or Hippos in New Zealand to keep safe from.So like in my last two Jimny’s it’s a simple sleep inside with a full size bed.Adventures are…
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Front Winch Finally Finished Mounting
Well finally I have finished my Warn Axon 55-S winch mounting and relocated the front number plate from the standard number plate position with a Kaon Australia hinged number plate mount. It now pivots up out of the way when I’m using the winch to recover myself or clearing trees or branches of the road/track.…
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A Fence Post With History
Close to Taupo is Opepe, it’s one of a number of ghost towns in the Taupo district. I can remember one building was still standing when I moved to Taupo years ago, unfortunately it is now a pile of rubble. History is returning to the Earth. Walking Adventures in NZ.
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Why Have I Have Changed In My Websites Name From Kiwi Pete’s Adventures?
So why have I renamed Kiwi Pete’s Adventures and moved all three of my websites into one? First of the rename is after a second person contacted me asking if I was the Kiwi Pete who had left them on the side the road in the middle of the USA? or I was the Kiwi…
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Therapy Dog Trying Too Hard
My Co-Driver asking for the keys!Zippy would appreciated an automatic transmission, but I’m glad I have a manual transmission so that we don’t have a fight about who is driving each day.🥰Zippy having a little bit of fun with me after a good morning walk.
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Overland Adventure New Zealand
So because I have not been able to fully recover from my severe traumatic brain injury (over 5 years last August) and still not able to enjoy cycling any more outdoors because of extreme brain fatigue from riding a bike or motorcycle.I have returned to four wheel driving and camping with Zippy my assistance dog/puppy.I’ve…
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Ultra Micro Overlander/Camper Build Update
So if anyone was following my design and setup that I started in March 2022. I’m sorry, I got to this stage above and stopped because of my Brain injury causing me extreme fatigue! Then changing my medication, cause more extreme fatigue, once this is under control, the medication stop being available and then it’s…
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My First New Suzuki 4X4
Well this is an old 6×6 photo of my first Suzuki Samurai coil spring, predecessor to Suzuki Jimny 4×4 that I loved driving offroad about NZ.Year about 1998/9 was out with my good CZ friend Zuzana’s brother exploring the backcountry 🙂
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When The Dirt Road Ends In A Grass Track
At the of a dirt road is a grass track leading to a fenced in parking spot and a remote track leading to a large pond! Ok the large Pond is in fact, Lake Taupo. Zippy and I were just back from a walk towards the lake and back. Still learning about my Canon R5…
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First-Time Ironman Taupo New Zealand
youtube.com/watch I watch this video for the 1st during one of the great The Big Bike Film Night evenings in Taupo and if I can remember right. Late 2020 and for the first time I realised that I definitely had something wrong with my brain! Great watch and story 👍
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The Solution // Craig Bierly’s Wanderlust Way
So Right, live life when you can! Live it to the max now not later! I’m glad I have in the past! Life can change in a second! So live it now!
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My Micro 4×4 Camper Project
The start of my Micro 4×4 Camper The Removal of my Suzuki Jimny rear seats, rear box, tuck the seatbelts away into the bodywork and secure with a few zip ties. Place on the bathroom scales and weigh them all up! Removed parts came to 16 kgs. Now it’s time to make the rear removable…
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DEAR BICYCLE
So right, this is a great video about the Bicycle! It got me thinking about how a Bicycle has taken me about this World. The uses a bicycle is used for every day about the world and how I have used a bicycle! For Work, picking up parts to going to a post office and…
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Moon Over Spa Park Taupo
Looking north east from Spa Park in Taupo. Yes that the moon and the will smoke looking is steam from the steam fields. Taken with my old Fuji film X100t
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Henri & His Leica M3
Inspiring. A different way at looking at the world around us. Enjoy Pete
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Taking To The Skies For Climate Change
Life is about taking risks! Be it like Danny here! Or Looking after the Earth for the future of us all. Remember the Sahara Desert was once a Rain Forest! Yes that’s right it was a Rain Forest once and I co drove from Morocco to Tunisia through the Sahara Desert and I saw no…
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Suzuki Jimny
Well back as a kid in 1972 I first saw a Suzuki LJ10 or may have been a LJ20 in Wellsford (Northland) and if I had been older I would of got one for myself, but at 8 years old I was too young! So I did get my first Suzuki TS100 motorbike in around…
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Walkabout
Mount Tauhara and a sunny winter’s afternoon in Taupo.Out Barefoot walking in Vivobarefoot Primes Lite III Barefoot/Minimum shoes.Working on foot muscle strength and flexibility, before trying to run again.Why Barefoot or minimalist shoes?Because it’s helped big time with my Balance walking since my accident ending up with a sTBI.
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Retro Ritchey (ATB) Ascent Build
Mid winter’s day ride aboard my Retro build up Ritchey Ascent, with Nitto Bullmoose handlebars, NOS 1990’s Ritchey Brake Levers, Brooks C15 Cambium saddle, Kent Erickson Titanium seatpost, Paul Components Thumbies Shifter mount’s and Shimano 9 speed Barend shifters. Build the retro way with Shimano XT 3×9 mixed set-up. Wheels are DT Swiss 350 hub’s,…
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Old Stock Brake Levers
When building a modern retro ATB (all-terrain bike) or now called a MTB (mountain bike) you need NOS (new old stock) parts to help made it retro.Here are my NOS 1993 Ritchey Brake Levers.More photos to come of my Ritchey bike Build.
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Sun Is Shining So Time To Go Walking
So yesterday my new pair of Altra Lone Peak 5 turned up from https://www.furtherfaster.co.nz/ Thanks to their help over the phone the size is bang on! Thanks team. So the Sun was shining in Taupo today so I planned to go for my first short walk towards Huka Falls and back again. I enjoyed the…
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Back On My Bike
First ride in months and with the new Ritchey Venturemax XL 52cm handlebars and vintage Bar-Con shifters and all are temporary until new Surly Corner Bar handlebars arrive in New Zealand.Then it’s all new Shimano XT 2×12 groupset and Paul Components Klamper Brakes.Looking forward, but my Jones LWB Spaceframe is far better riding with a…
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Jones LWB Spaceframe
So this is my Jones LWB Spaceframe bike that I have improved with changing out the over stuff Jones Truss Forks to much more comfortable Jones Unicrown Forks. I have also upgraded the handlebars from Jones H-Bar Loop to a Salsa Woodchipper handlebars and only because the Woodchipper drop handlebars come in a Max is…
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Bikepacking new zealand page
So a Page for Bikepacking New Zealand is up and running after I closed down it’s own website https://overlandadventure.nz/bikepacking-new-zealand/ more video’s to come in the future. The links below will also now all sent you to my main page, but a link is in the site menu at the top of all pages http://bikepackingnewzealand.co.nz/
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The Mountains
A Beautiful clear winter’s day in Taupo again with the mountains lightly covered in icing sugar (snow).
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A Winter’s Day
First International Yacht arrived in Taupo boat harbour today.It’s been a long time since the last International Yacht can to Taupo.A Beautiful winter’s day with a view of the mountains in the distance. Please Note: Taupo is a Lake so just having a Joke
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Huka Falls Loop Walk
Today’s walk via Huka Falls walk track, a beautiful loop when you return via Huka Falls Road.A great day out. Pete
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Beautiful Midwinter Day
Today was a beautiful midwinter day for a walkabout of Taupo. Brisk Sports Walk of 10+ kilometres in the sun. Pete
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A Summer’s Day
On a sunny summer’s day close to Taupo from a few months ago.I feel it looks better in Black and White than in Colour?Inspired by my friend Steve from the UK. Pete
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A Beautiful Day
Kawakawa, Northland, NZ has more than just Hundertwasser Public Toilets in this town with a number of beautiful looking buildings.This photograph is from 2020 Tour Aotearoa rest stop on the way to Cape Reinga with TA friends.Just a Note: I should not have started the TA again, but I have been stubborn in not emitting…
