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Another early morning start...
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Morning rainbow
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Welcome sunshine
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Canal to the Hydroelectric Station at Tokaanu
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Up towards the Volcanoes, looking back to Lake Taupo
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On the "Desert Road"
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Layers
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Climbing up towards 1000m above sea level...
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Desert Grassland
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Timber retaining wall
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Indigenous forest
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Looking across the Rangipo Desert
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The Infamous Desert Road
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Sandy river bed
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Then we entered the Waiouru Military Training Area!
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Patches of sandy desert
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A Cool Spot
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Deep cuttings, busier roads
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Back to the green rolling hills as we lose altitude and head dow towards the south west coast of North Island
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The Rangitikei River eroding deep gorges through the soft mud rock
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At the entrance to Taihape
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Abandoned farmhouse
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Deep Gulley
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State Highway One Bridge
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Looking east over the Rangitikei River valley
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Cycling Fit!
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Commemoration to Engineering
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Another view east over the Rangitikei River valley
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Abbandonned home near Mangaweka
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Mangaweka International Airport!
