Long riders?

[BMWST?]

hmmm an idea for a finite tag game emerges

Maritime New Zealand has 23 lighthouses and 75 lightbeacons

Puysegur Point is located in the far southwest of the South Island of New Zealand.^[1] It lies within Fiordland National Park on the southern head ofPreservation Inlet. It lies 145 kilometres west-northwest of Invercargill. It is the site of a lighthouse station now automated but for many years the home of 3 married permanent lighthouse keepers. The original wooden lighthouse was burnt down in 1943 by a man who had recently left a psychiatric hospital and made his way down to Coal Island across the fjord from the lighthouse. He decided the light was a deliberate plot to keep him awake at night by shining in his window so took matters into his own hands. He held all the keepers hostage with a rifle, smashed the radio telephone and set fire to the lighthouse. The concrete lighthouse which replaced it has now in turn been replaced by two automated beacons. A large earthquake^[2] in this region on 15 July 2009 pushed Puysegur Point closer to Australia by 30 cm.^[3] Humpback whales pass the point during annual migrations.^[4]

[FJRider]

Heaps of them.

Heaps .. ??? There are only 23 Light-Houses in the whole of New Zealand. Plus a further 74 light beacons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_New_Zealand

[Big Dog]

That´s heaps if you are trying to safari around all of them. Even just the 23 lighthouses dispersed the length and breadth would take more than a weekend. Take gps and internet out of the equation and add a desire to have a proper adventure of a lifetime and it may not be "the long way round" but it sounds like a heap of fun.
I have also met a few "lighthouse collectors" visiting New Zealand, most on two wheels. Most of them on push bikes.
Amazing really.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[Jantar]

Heaps .. ??? There are only 23 Light-Houses in the whole of New Zealand. Plus a further 74 light beacons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_New_Zealand

That quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...in_New_Zealand misses out quite a few, like Tairoa Head for instance.

Try http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nzs.htm

[unstuck]

a much better PUB in Garston ...

Im banned from that one and Kingston.

[FJRider]

That quote ... misses out quite a few, like Tairoa Head for instance.

True .... Nugget point also missing from my list ..

[awa355]

hmmm an idea for a finite tag game emerges

[COLOR=#000000]Maritime New Zealand has 23 lighthouses and 75 lightbeacons

[/. The original wooden lighthouse was burnt down in 1943 by a man who had recently left a psychiatric hospital and made his way down to Coal Island across the fjord from the lighthouse. He decided the light was a deliberate plot to keep him awake at night by shining in his window so took matters into his own hands. He held all the keepers hostage with a rifle, smashed the radio telephone and set fire to the lighthouse. ]

So did the chap from the funny farm get a decent nights sleep afterwards?

[wickle]

Cape Reinga, East Cape, Egmont, Cape Palliser...

Does the South Island have them as well? They don't readily come to mind.

Castlepoint good ride

[STJim]

Heaps of them. Now that gives me an idea for an endurance ride. Photos of as many South Island light-houses as possible within 48 hours. To make it more difficult we could start and finish at Tarras (The furthest point from the sea in the South island).
Extra points for getting a photo of your bike at Puysegur Point.

I'll look forward to reading your tour write up

[unstuck]

So did the chap from the funny farm get a decent nights sleep afterwards?

Lance Thomas was his name, and presumably he did get a good nights sleep afterwards because he was arrested in his bed back at his hut on coal island, the following afternoon.

[jimekus]

I'm sorry not to have replied earlier. I haven't had a computer for the last few days.

I'm planning to take just over a week down the West Coast to Milford Sound to get to Invercargill by the 27th and up to two more getting back. I'll be tenting as much as possible but need to be prepared to hunker down in a backpackers for days at a time in case of bad weather. On the way back in Christchurch I could need a new front tire and an oil change.

I'm flexible of course if I could team up with others coming or going either way.

[BlackSheepLogic]

I'll be tenting as much as possible but need to be prepared to hunker down in a backpackers for days at a time in case of bad weather.

Unless theres really strong cross winds which might hold you up for a few hours, I can't see why you would need to hunker down.

[unstuck]

Unless theres really strong cross winds which might hold you up for a few hours, I can't see why you would need to hunker down.

Never ridden the west coast in a "shower" then?

[BlackSheepLogic]

Never ridden the west coast in a "shower" then?

Nope, not yet, but since returning to NZ if I only rode when the sun's out my bike would rot in the garage.

[unstuck]

Nope, not yet, but since returning to NZ if I only rode when the sun's out my bike would rot in the garage.

Im hearing ya, but the west coast is a little "different" when it rains.