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Tauranga adventurers clubReports and photos

These reports and photos will one day become a much treasured book that all true adventurers will want to have on their coffee tables. Till then they're a start...
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the list...

Rail Trail
The Central Otago Rail Trial - pictures from the bike ride from Clyde to Middlemarch, followed by the Tairi Gorge train ride to Dunedin. History, rugged terrain, viaducts, tunnels, gorges, country pubs, cafes, schist landscapes, snowy mountains and blue skys. Life in the slow lane.

Ruapehu
The annual assault on the magic mountain.
Taupo Day-Night
24 hours of mass madness on mountain bikes. Some photos

Volcano Tour, Indonesia
Photos from a traverse of the volcanos of Java and Bali.

Nelson Lakes
A summer tramp at Nelson Lakes - the exhilaration of the Southern Alps in a mild climate.

China-Vietnam cycle tour
Up close and off the beaten track in the mountains and plains of two countries with contrasting cultures.

Ngamwahine
A world first mountain bike traverse of the Leyland-O'Brian tramway, Ngamwahine track from Whakamarama Road end to Ngamwahine Lodge.

The Rainbow Rage
Mountain biking by the thousand - the best mass gathering of treadling track bashers

Rotoma
A mountain bike foray into the land of the giant millepedes and a swim in Lake Rotoma.

Tukino
A mountain bike ride on the dry side of the magic mountain. The best down hill ride on the planet.

Crash Ridge
Look west from Tauranga and the horizon is dominated by Crash Ridge. A tramp with a view, and a glimpse of a tragic moment in New Zealand's aviation history.

Te Urewera
A two day mountain bike ride through the heart of the mystical Te Urewera National Park.

The Grampians
Walking in the sandstone hills of the Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia. A land where fire brings new life, a land of spectaculare stratified rock formations and a land where the warm sun fosters warm hearts.