Hauraki Rail Trail
A day Mountain bike ride along the Hauraki Rail Trail New Zealand. Most of the footage is in the Waikino George. A road or touring bike would be fine. The special bike gates could be difficult with a loaded touring bike. Almost flat the whole way. Good food at old Waikino rail station. (I recomend burgers and coffee) The sections between Te Aroha and Kopu, Thames are open farm land, smooth and fast flowing. The vid was made mid winter on a nice day. Summer would require lots of sun block and water.
Paeroa, The Coromandel
Visit Paeroa, events capital of The Coromandel. Cycle the Hauraki Rail Trail, wander the antique shops and walk the Karangahake Gorge - one of New Zealand's must do attractions
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Destination Central in Hauraki
We discover businesses along the Hauraki Rail Trail. We visit Arkwright Antiques, Bullswool Farm and Nature Park, Waihi Beach Surf School, Flat White Cafe, Waihi Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park
History and Family Fun on the Hauraki Rail Trail
Debbie takes her family on a cycle ride through Karangahake Gorge, finds a hidden treasure for lunch - The Falls Retreat bistro - and learns about the area's mining history during a train ride.
Karangahake Gorge Cycling, New Zealand taken on Go Pro Hero 7 Silver
A short trip on the mountain bikes starting from the Waikino station cafe and getting onto the Hauraki rail trail towards Paeroa. This section is easy and mostly flat. I only did a 18km return journey back to the carpark. I used the Go Pro hero 7 silver to record and the Garmin Edge 130 to track the journey. It took around 1.5 hrs including stops and the elevation gain was 59 meters. The temperature according to Garmin was an average of 30 Deg C. The 1km railway tunnel that is dimly lit is a highlight of the trip and a cool 22 Deg inside on a hot day!
Cycling is only recreational and the aim here is not speed but rather to enjoy the beauty of New Zealand.
This is my first video on Youtube and in future I aim to provide some personal views of gadgets etc that I have purchased over the years and that I have found to be useful.
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Hauraki Plains and Seabird Coast
Escape to Hauraki where the simple things in life are plentiful. Slow down along the Shorebird Coast, fish the Firth of Thames and cycle the Hauraki Rail Trail.
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Hippie | Wikipedia audio article
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A hippie (sometimes spelled hippy) is a member of the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word hippie came from hipster and used to describe beatniks who moved into New York City's Greenwich Village and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. The term hippie first found popularity in San Francisco with Herb Caen, who was a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
The origins of the terms hip and hep are uncertain. By the 1940s, both had become part of African American jive slang and meant sophisticated; currently fashionable; fully up-to-date. The Beats adopted the term hip, and early hippies inherited the language and countercultural values of the Beat Generation. Hippies created their own communities, listened to psychedelic music, embraced the sexual revolution, and many used drugs such as marijuana, LSD, peyote and psilocybin mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness.
In 1967, the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, popularized hippie culture, leading to the Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast. Hippies in Mexico, known as jipitecas, formed La Onda and gathered at Avándaro, while in New Zealand, nomadic housetruckers practiced alternative lifestyles and promoted sustainable energy at Nambassa. In the United Kingdom in 1970, many gathered at the gigantic Isle of Wight Festival with a crowd of around 400,000 people. In later years, mobile peace convoys of New Age travelers made summer pilgrimages to free music festivals at Stonehenge and elsewhere. In Australia, hippies gathered at Nimbin for the 1973 Aquarius Festival and the annual Cannabis Law Reform Rally or MardiGrass. Piedra Roja Festival, a major hippie event in Chile, was held in 1970. Hippie and psychedelic culture influenced 1960s and early 1970s young culture in Iron Curtain countries in Eastern Europe (see Mánička).Hippie fashion and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. Since the 1960s, mainstream society has assimilated many aspects of hippie culture. The religious and cultural diversity the hippies espoused has gained widespread acceptance, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual concepts have reached a larger audience.