Beautiful Waiheke 11 February, 2011
A Friday ride on a very hot day enjoying Waiheke's beautiful scenery.
On the ferry on the way to the stop at Devonport.
Photo: Lyn
Coffee at The Beachfront Café.
Mack is getting some shots of Waiheke's Beauties.
Photo: Lyn
Waiheke's Beauties.
The western end of Onetangi Beach.
Photo: Mack
The eastern end of Onetangi Beach.
Photo: Mack
The library in the centre of Onetangi Beach.
Photo: Mack
Too soon we had to
go hill climbing.
David R gave us the joyous news here, as we caught our breath, that it was about 32°.
Photo: Lyn
And we had more climbing in front of us.
Photo: Lyn
Another hilltop stop, this time looking down on Owhiti Bay.
Photo: Ron
We had lunch at Man o' War Bay, where the water was sooooo inviting.
Photo: Mack
Sooooo inviting....and some just had to have a swim.
Photo: Ron
We climbed out of
Man o' War Bay - and then had more climbing.
See the rider near the top of
the hill?
Photo: Mack
The view from the top made it all worthwhile, as this panoramic shot shows.
Man o' War Bay
Pakatoa Tarahiki
Rotoroa
Chamberlins Bay
Ponui
Arran Bay
Photo: Ron
Omaru Bay, with Ponui in the background and the Hunua Ranges way back.
Photo: Mack
As the last four
of us (these 4, like everyone else, missed the 4:00pm ferry. But they missed the
4:45 one as well!!)
were arriving in Auckland Sun Princess was going astern from Queen's Wharf.
Photo: Lyn
As a contrast, car carriers must be the ugliest vessels afloat.
Photo: Mack
And, as the sun sinks slowly in the West, we say, "Farewell" to beeeootiful Ockland.
Photo: Mack
Ride leader David W, on his ride report said there was 17km of gravel,
1100 metres of climbing,
32° in the sun and no wind.
Here's the Bikely Elevation Graph to prove the climbing. (Not sure how it gets -3m.)
If you want to look at the map for the ride, click on the graph.
The time in Auckland, New Zealand is
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