As travel journalist Brook Sabin from Stuff found out, you never quite know what you're going to discover on Otago's lesser-known cycle trails.
Click the button below to read Brook's account of his 44km ride from Millers Flat to Lawrence on the Clutha Gold Trail, one of New Zealand's Great Rides.
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