Heaphy - 29th Jun 2011

The Heaphy track in Kahurangi National Park is a beautiful 80 km of single-track starting in Golden Bay and traversing to the West Coast through diverse landscape and vegetation.
After being closed to mountain biking for 15 years it is now open to mountain bikers on a trial basis from May 1st to September 30th each year for the next three years.
We thought we'd wait for the initial rush to die down, and finally got around to riding it last week over the shortest days of the year.
A big thanks to Mandy and Brian at Escape Adventures for all your help with logistics, car transfers, accommodation, shuttles and the loan of a bike.
Thanks also to Mike, Paul, Jimi and Vicki for a fantastic trip, photography and modeling skills : ]

As usual, click on the images for a larger version.
All photos courtesy of Mike Wilson and Paul Smith.