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I have the route marked up on our club's RidewithGPS page, but the full route, with extra loops, and GPS files can be found here: centralwestcycletrail.com.au/maps/

@@petesig93 Cheers, thanks for your reply.

The broad-brim is Dabrim, a commercially available brim for bicycle helmets and horse riding helmets. My wife has always been an active cyclist, since before we met. We stayed at the Federal Hotel in Wentworth. A classic old country pub with big verandahs. It was good, if a bit noisy with traffic. Cow & Calf was undergoing renovations if I recall.

@@petesig93 Thanks for the reply! Very useful info - greatly appreciated.

@@TellyHinton from.Christmas Day until mid February. This section was in early February.

@ thanks for that. My partner and I are planning on heading over to Aotearoa in January and cycling from Queenstown south to Invercargill then over to Dunedin and up to Christchurch and beyond. Your videos are great for insights into road conditions.

@@TellyHinton great. The ferry across to Walter Peak to camp, then ride the 'Round the Mountains Trail'is great to do. Some steep climbs and rough gravel road, but the traffic is VERY low. We loved riding the Catlins Coast Scenic Route, but traffic may be bit heavier in January. In February it was very quiet.

@@petesig93 By the way. When I saw your first video I thought "who's this old codger out on his first bike tour and what would he know?". Then I looked at your channel and saw the name Peter Signorini which I think I first saw in a Freewheeling magazine back in the 1970s/80s. Well, maybe he does have an idea what he's doing. Peter McCallum (formerly of BINSW and BIQ) now living in Mackay Qld.

@@VictorianAerialVision a 45 minute hike along a narrow track, with steep steps down at the end (fair climb out coming back). If you hike in or out in the early morning or at dusk you will get to see quite a few kangaroos feeding along the track.

This was Easter so one of the busiest times with great weather. Summer traffic can be hectic, but mainly on weekends. Ride it mid-week and you will love it. Traffic is generally tourists traveling at 60-70kmh, not in a mad rush. The barriers were only from shorter term bridge-works; this will end. If you ride it in summer (Nov-April) it is definitely best ridden from east to west. People who have never ridden it will carry on about the westerlies, but along the coast in these months the most common winds are south-easterlies.

@@randelscyclevlogperthwa7342 oh that really narrow barrier on the Beechy Trail? Yes, those are a royal PITA, but you will always get through, even with a loaded touring bike. Only one or two we faced.

Glad you enjoyed it

Yes. ridewithgps.com/routes/26812249

I was using Adobe Premiere Rush at first but after switching to the Mac M1 Mini I have been using iMovie which comes with it. I do need to get a better range of titles but have subscribed to Epidemic Sound for copyright-free music. I also need to investigate using Davinci Resolve, but it has proven more complex than iMovie.

Only one I think, on the stretch near 9:11. Too windy for them.

The roads were actually in very good condition and great to ride. Limestone-topped hard cap, fast rolling. Much improved from what they were in 2009. We have often had blue skies in September, but also rain and most often strong winds as well.

Not at all 🤔

My wife has a Giant Sedona '93 MTB frame, converted for touring. Mine is a Thorn Nomad Mk2 expedition touring bike. Both are running Rohloff 14-speed gear-hubs.

We saw no cattle at all on this stretch. It was the earlier section (3 days prior) through Glen Gordon Station that had wandering cattle, but they always just ran away.

NONE??????? thats a real crazzzzzzzy thing peter

@@petesig93 WHAT?! I always thought Far North Queensland was well known for their Cattle! That's Astonishing mate

@@Aiydenjc same

@@rohnanstacy this is foreal on god sheesh bussin bussin moment

More to come.

The video. does not show just how steep it was. But it would be good (still hard) with any lighter weight bike #gravelbike #bikepacking

Thanks for the info. Just another garden escapee. 'They all ran wild'

Yep, this one was particularly BAD as it is the only road north to Port Douglas and Cooktown, and it was prime tourist season - Dry season and school holidays.

You are correct, but not entirely. Europeans have also destroyed vast swathes, in a much shorter time-span. "When Māori arrived, about 1250-1300 CE, they burnt large tracts of forest, mainly on the coasts and eastern sides of the two main islands. By the time European settlement began, around 1840, some 6.7 million hectares of forest had been destroyed and replaced by short grassland, shrubland and fern land. Between 1840 and 2000, another 8 million hectares was cleared, mostly lowland or easily accessible conifer-broadleaf forest". teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/11674/deforestation-of-new-zealand

🙅‍♂️🤣🚤. Nup, just a vacant seat I believe.

Hey, thanks! 🚵🏻

Thank you very much!

Thanks. Yes the South Island is great, with generally very low traffic especially in Southland. We've been three times.

Cool, thanks