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JETNZ: Last look back towards Le Bons Peak before the sun dipped below the horizon. Time to head down the last hill!
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JETNZ: Road to Lavericks Bay
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JETNZ: Road to Lavericks Bay
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JETNZ: "Long Boat" (the little island) and Steep Head
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JETNZ: Katawa Head, Le Bons Bay
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JETNZ: The road continues down to Lavericks Bay on the left. We turn right at the intersection (right of the sheep)
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JETNZ: Looking down on Le Bons Bay. The light was stunning!
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JETNZ: Looking back at the NE side of Le Bons Peak
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JETNZ: If only I wasn't in a hurry and I had my SLR!
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JETNZ: Rog racing to get down before dark. There is little civil twilight in winter
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JETNZ: A brisk cold northerly blurred this photo. Rog nowhere to be seen...
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JETNZ: Le Bons Peak (500m)
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JETNZ: Must stop to photograph this!
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JETNZ: Another quick snap before playing catchup with Rog
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JETNZ: Menzies Bay and Le Bons Peak (500m) on the right
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JETNZ: Rog on the fly. The light was fading fast and I was racing to capture that most beautiful light!
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JETNZ: Back at Point 610. Now for the last leg!
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JETNZ: We were wowed by these views… and wished for more daylight!
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JETNZ: Getting higher. And the road just keeps going up...
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JETNZ: Spyglass Point (left) and West Head (right). Okains Bay
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JETNZ: Big Hill Road. Waiting for the brekkie tarts to start delivering the energy
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JETNZ: Big Hill Road. It's rideable and just slightly relentless
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JETNZ: Looking up the Okains Bay valley
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JETNZ: Our trusty Merida softies
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JETNZ: Remembering the time we camped in those trees back in 1988…
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JETNZ: Just beyond these trees we allowed ourselves a hasty stop to eat our lunch
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JETNZ: Mindful of the short daylight hours, we sped down to Okains Bay, bypassed the beach and started riding up Big Hill Road…
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JETNZ: Brief view of Akaroa Harbour
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JETNZ: We joined the Summit Road for about 900m before leaving it again at the Okains Bay intersection
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JETNZ: Hazy Okains Bay