Articles in the Australia and Oceania Category
Joe & Flora conclude their tour of New Zealand’s Northland by sharing some Maori culture and arguable one of Northland’s most amazing treasures, Jack Morgan.
Joe & Flora Lloyd, OWD adventure travel correspondents, battle gale force winds to reach the northern tip of New Zealand. Then it’s on to see some of Northland’s pioneering history and what is arguably NZ’s best fish & chips in the fourth episode of the NZ Northland series.
Joe & Flora explore the the Wairere Boulders and then on to some qaudding in Ahipara. Joe gets a taste of what its like to be the pillion behind a mad man. Enjoy the third episode of the NZ Northland Series.
Northern New Zealand is an iconic and mysterious region. Known to the locals as “Northland”. Northland is a collective mix of old and new, yet has never forgotten where they came from. It’s a different …
Northern New Zealand is an iconic and mysterious region. Known to the locals as “Northland”. Northland is a collective mix of old and new, yet has never forgotten where they came from. It’s a different …
25,000 Kilometers of Australian highway, sand, mud, and gravel roads. Follow Joe & Flora as they get all set for their 3 month adventure and tackle the east coast starting from Sydney.
The Australia Inside Out series is available for purchase at the OWD shop, and Episode One is free to view courtesy of OneWheelDrive.Net, Curbsyde Productions and OpenFilm.com.
The final legs in the New Zealand South Island web series. Joe & Flora travel from Christchurch through Lewis Pass to Nelson. They explore the surrounding region before heading back to the ferry the next day. Thanks to all for watching the South Island Series!
Follow Joe & Flora from Queenstown to Christchurch, changing plans along the way due to a fierce storm on the south island’s west coast.
Follow Joe & Flora from Te Anau, to New Zealand’s tourism Capital, Queenstown. In their usual casual style see they experience Queenstown with a severe dose of honesty and fun.
Follow Joe & Flora along Milford Road. The scenic and utterly amazing path leading to New Zealand’s tourism crown Jewel; Milford Sound in this fourth episode of the NZ: South Island Series.
Follow Joe & Flora Lloyd in the third episode of NZ: South Island Series from Scottish inspired Dunedin to the south-most accessible tip of New Zealand. New Zealand’s southland boasts amazing scenery and ample quiet roads to explore.
Leaving
It was all of a bit sudden, but when the opportunity to ride Australia as very extended adventure calls you don’t turn it down, you don’t flinch, question or hesitate either. You just hop …
It’s hard for Joe and Flora to make progress some times… even warming up the 990 Adventure can be a challenge, when accosted by questions from a passerby, about what IS a KTM, wow it’s so ORANGE.. wow it’s so BIG!
Auckland traffic was messed up. Though we got up quite early, there was no point rushing to leave until the traffic cleared up. We had it pegged at around 9:30, but even when we reached the main road, it still was clogged back all the way up the bridge. All for no particular reason…
Gisborne to Te Kaha — We pass over bridges spanning empty river beds, their parched rocks hungry for a taste of mountain water. This small reminder of how dry the season is and could reach critical if the weather continues on the same path. The road so far is good condition, and much better than we expected.
The remainder of the “Forgotten Highway” was an interesting scenic ride, yet we were both fixated on our hungry hungry hippos and the dashing sheep that were straggling on the road.
We start our journey West to East, riding the fattest bit of New Zealand’s North Island. Headed south west towards Te Kuiti, our cunning plan to follow the back roads was thwarted by the damned Garmin box, squawking at us to turn left and right at imaginary roads until it wrote it’s will at the dead end adjacent of a long impassable lake.
We tried for an early start, but trying to coax a 4 year old to eat his breakfast in a hurry is out of the question. My sister tried to hurry him along but he wanted to finish watching “Cats & Dogs” for the 40th time before we returned it to the front counter.
