Here's a set of shots from a roof-lifting night at Dux Live in Christchurch. Opiou (Aus) & Russ Liquid (USA) both live with TweQ, Chris Boyd and Soul Provider in…
A series of shots from the MASSIVE Autumn Equinox party held out at Middle Valley, Lees Valley Road in the Canterbury Foothills last weekend. It's been three years since I…
I was up in Wellington for a couple of weeks around the Christmas/New Year period and somehow managed to spend 9 days of that tramping in the Tararua Ranges. I…
Yep, it's true, we got back to New Zealand in mid December and somehow two months has slipped by already. I'm endeavouring to get my blog back up to date…
Day 227: Krui - Bengkunet (50m) 96km. Flat and very quiet. Good narrow road. Day 228: Bengkunet - Pringsewu, 121km. Two 600m climbs (1500m total climbing). First through national park…
Day 219: Tapan - Mukomuko (20m) 70km. Flat and hot day with short, steep rollers at first. Day 220: Mukomuko - Seblat (30m) 147km. 885m total climbing on steep, rolling…
Day 215: Bukittinggi - Solok (375m) 78km. 250m climb and then a long descent past the lake to Solok. Day 216: Solok - near Surian (800m) 96km. 700m climb to…
Day 208: Danau Toba - Tarutung (905m) 95km. Rolling downhill with 400m total climbing. Day 209: Tarutung - Padang Sidempuan (300m) 112km. 1270m total climbing, mostly through jungly valleys and…
Day 205: Ketambe - Kuta Buluh (700m) 111km. Rolling descent down river valley and then climb to Kuta Buluh. Approx 1000m total climbing. Quiet roads. Day 206: Kuta Buluh -…
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