Heaphy Track bike open for business

June 2011

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June 2011

A rider crosses the Kohaihai River on the way to Kohaihai Shelter. Photo: Scott Kennedy
Scott Kennedy gets ready for a mountain bike ride 15 years in the making We always love what we can’t have. It’s something to do with human nature – the forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. Fifteen years ago the Heaphy Track on the West Coast of the South Island was closed to mountain bikers. […]

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