Sheesh it was hard yakka! But, what’s bloody excellent weekend – my first ever Waka ama regatta and the result came down to just tenths of a second. Watch to find out what happened!
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#227 The Whakatipu Legend 5KM swim event RACE REPORT
This is from the Whakatipu Legend website: their description of the race..
Legend has it that Hakitekura, the daughter of Tuwiriroa, a Katimore chief, was the first to swim across Lake Whakatipu.
Now you can follow in her wake. Ferried from the start line across the mighty Lake Whakatipu at sunrise, you will be delivered to Refuge Point.
From here you have a 5km open water swim over the mystical, deep crystal waters. 3km will take you over depths of 400m to the shoreline of the Kelvin Heights Peninsula.
From here you follow the rocky shore line, past the watchful goats and into the narrows, around the peninsula into the shelter of the Kelvin Grove Beach to find the finish line.
The Whakatipu Legend Website: https://www.thewhakatipulegend.co.nz
This is the first time this event has been run. This is also the first time I have ever done a swim event this long.
Continue reading “#227 The Whakatipu Legend 5KM swim event RACE REPORT”Disability access hotel review – Holiday Inn Queenstown Frankton Road
THEIR DISABLED ACCESS IS ON POINT!
If you know me, you’ll know I like to shout it from the rooftops if someone does disabled access badly.. and equally I like to tell the world if someone has done it well!
Here’s my review of the Holiday Inn, Frankton Rd, Queenstown.
Special thanks to Nandu and Monika for the amazing welcome and very timely communications through booking . com
#226 W12 Waka – Lake Dunstan
I only decided last week to give Waka Ama a go! On the third visit I’m already on a weekend away and I’m on a long distance 20km paddle! They are already asking me if I’m keen on para! Hahaha! Here’s our trip down lake Dunstan today to the floating cafe. Yep, we were a local tourist attraction and nope.. this is not how people normally rock up to the cafe!
Continue reading “#226 W12 Waka – Lake Dunstan”#224 My first gravel ride as an amputee
I have decided to make the most of Creo and her e-assist. So I got some gravel wheels as well, so now I can ride either on or off road! Here was my very first off road ride on Creo – dressed up as a gravel bike! I’ve never ever ridden a gravel bike.. not even when I had two feet!
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