North Canterbury News: September 16, 2021

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The North Canterbury News, September 16, 2021
Bring your bikes to Kaikoura ‘trail town’
By DAVID HILL
Kaikouraisset to become the
‘‘cycle trail town’’.
The Kaikoura Cycling Club
has been busydeveloping
cycling trialsthroughoutthe
district andhas plenty of ideas
for more, secretary Sally
Turnbullsays.
‘‘We’ve beenbusyand we
intend to keepbeing busy.
‘‘We’vegot grand plans for
lots moretrailsand we are
trying to promoteKaikoura as
atrail town as well as awhale
town.
‘‘There’s areally good
variety to suit allabilities, but
of course duringlockdown,
we’vebeenrestricted to
enjoying thenice, gentle
tracks.’’
The clubhas developedsix
maintrails to suitdifferent
abilities,including the familyfriendly48km
Kaikoura trail,
whichcan ridden in sections,
and the 9.2km HaumuriBluff
trail.
For themoreadventurous
thereare the intermediate
level24km beachbiking and
60km Puhi Puhi Valley trails,
and the moreadvanced 51km
Mt Fyffe and55kmClarence
Reservetrails.
Thereare plans foranew
trailtolink South Bay to
Peketa,southofKaikoura, a
peninsula cycling trail, ‘‘abike
park’’ in theOcean Ridge subdivision
and apump track for
all abilities, Mrs Turnbull
says.
❛We’vegot grand
plans for lots more
trails❜
—Sally Turnbull
Secretary
Kaikoura Cycling Club
TheSouthBay to Peketa
trail would be ‘‘anice,easy
familytrail’’, but thereare
challenges to overcome
including crossing three
creeks and keepingcyclists
away fromStateHighway 1.
Thepeninsula trail would be
separatetothe Department of
Conservation walking track,
shesays.
‘‘Every cyclist who comesto
Kaikoura assumestheycan
ride it, but they can’t.
‘‘Butit’sabit of mission to
get all the stakeholdersto
meet.’’
Cycletracks were included
when the Ocean Ridge subdivisionwas
established, but
they have‘‘notbeenwell
maintainedorconnected’’.
Thetracks couldbetidied
up andprovidethe basis for a
bike parktobedeveloped
there, Mrs Turnbull says.
Theclub alsoplans to
extendthe Kaikouratrail so it
canlink in with theHurunui
Heartland Ride andthe
proposedWhaleTrail from
Pictontothe ClarenceValley.
In the longterm, Mrs
Turnbull says theidealwould
Trails ... New cycling trails are set to provide new adventures for all ages and abilities visiting Kaikoura.
be to eventually linkthe trails
to Christchurch.
In meantimethe Kaikoura
trail team led by club
president and former Mayor
WinstonGrayisbusy each
Mondaymaintainingthe
district’s growingcycle
network.
For more information on the
Kaikoura trailsgotothe club’s
website kaikouracycling.co.nz
or like theKaikoura Cycling
Clubpage on Facebook.
On the trail ... Locals enjoyed
Kaikoura’s trails during the
lockdown.
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