day 3 - Dunedin to Balcluthia
Making our way back out of Dunedin the way we came, we hit
the remnants of morning showers before we turn off S at Lee
Stream. Thick, pooled gravel greeted us for some time, until
reaching Lake Mahinerangi and Waipori. Sometime after this the
astute Matt noted that the F650 was leaking coolant, though we
resolved to continue on and hope for the best. After lunch and
some time spent in Lawrence looking for more coolant, we set off
again... to find the F650 again leaking and beginning to overheat.
After repeatedly attempting to add more water to the coolant
tank, we finally ended up two-upping into Balclutha to struggle
with the NZ phone system and call NZBike. After some rigmarole
and several sold out motels, we unexpectedly end up accepting a
farmstay with the family we left the F650 with.
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