More big things.

Day 32. Giant Kiwi. 

Dannevirke to Eketahuna
Daily total: 80.13km Running total: 2018.97km

Did well. Got up, packed and all ready to go in less than 2hours! Then I ended up chatting to various people at the campsite and ended up leaving later than usual. I need to get up and leave before other people wake up. That way I won't fall into the same trap again...but that won't happen. There is no point in kidding myself. 

VIKINGS!!!

Passed through Woodville which seems to be a town built on pies and second hand shops! 

The toilet trinity.

The land of pies...

Also passed the Tui brewery, so I had to stop in for a cheeky mid-day pint. It would be rude not to. 

The unofficial Tui endorsement.

Pahiatua was another small town. Nice stop off point as there is a big park running through the center of the town. It was a day of many stops. I was making good time, the roads were flat and I had a tailwind. The number of trucks reduce after Woodville on State Highway 2. 

Stayed in another cool cheap campsite in Eketahuna, same range of facilities as the one in Dannevirke but had a river you could swim in instead of a duck pond. It also had free tea and coffee! Check out the Tararua Council's website for a list of the council run campsites. They are cheap and good! The best combination. 

The giant Kiwi of Eketahuna!

On the way into town, met another fund raiser on a bike. He had done many fundraising trips across NZ by riding, walking, hitching. He had been on the road for many years. Cool fellow. Has a blog documenting his journeys, you can catch him on http://lifeonabikeinnz.blogspot.co.nz/

Random photo, unrelated to anything written above.

  

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