Thu, Dec 15, 2011 - 6.91 mi [Cycling] Paihia Wiairoa Station Loop

Thu, Dec 15, 2011 - 6.91 mi [Cycling]
6.91 mi in 00:32:06 hours at 12.92 mi/h on Hire Hire. [Cycling] Picked up a hire bike at Paihia late this afternoon and managed my first Southern Hemisphere bike ride along the coast from Paihia past Waitangi Treaty House amd the golf course down to Wiairoa Station - Winter Cycling in shorts & Tee shirt -- AWESOME 


Route : 

1 mile : The view across the Bay of Islands from Paihia just along from the
35 Degree South Bar. 

3 miles : This is the largest Waka in the world built in 1940 to celebrate the 100
year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. It was made from
3 Kauri trees felled in the Pukati forest. Waka Ngatokimatawhaorua is 35m
long and carries 76 paddlers and has reached a speed of 27 knotts. It is raced
once a year on February 6th - Waitangi Day.

3 Miles : The flagpole marks the spot where the Treaty of
Waitangi was signed on 6th February 1840. 3 Flags fly which
are the English cross of St George, the Mauri flag and the
modern day flag of New Zealand.