Wellington woman Lisa Du Fall (22) is travelling from Bluff to Cape Reinga, completing 100 modes of transport in 10 days, with the aim of raising $15,000 to help three young New Zealanders, living with disabilities achieve their goals.
On Saturday, she stopped at the Oamaru Cycle Works shop, just in time to see the Tyne St Grunter, the annual race to see who can ride their penny-farthing the furthest up one of Oamaru's steepest streets.
She had a ride on a penny-farthing, as well as a replica of the world's oldest bike, the draisienne, which Greg Davies built using a photograph as a guide.
Ms Du Fall "had a ball" and was able to add two transport modes to her list of challenges, having had a ride on a mining truck at Macraes and a limousine in Dunedin earlier that day.
Her journey was about inspiring those she met along the way, just as much as it was about raising money, she said.
