Curious Canals and Rusting Wrecks of the Wairau
Approaching Blenheim on my doomed road trip, I had one further detour to make. The lure of a double shipwreck...
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A Cheapskate’s Adventure in Rotorua
I arrived in Rotorua much later than I’d intended, thanks to four hours stuck in rental vehicle purgatory. I only...
The Kepler Part III: The Final Push
Okay, this is it. We’ve laboured up the slopes of Mount Luxmore, trekked across the peaks, and descended back into...
The Kepler Part II: Sun, Snow and Sandflies
Six intrepid travellers had set off to conquer the Kepler Track, one of New Zealand’s famed Great Walks. We had...
The Kepler Part I: Lake to Luxmore
Some of us Wellness Walkers folks were heading down south for a few days to see what the Te Anau...
41 Peg and the Karetai Trail
I’ve wanted for some time to document the 41 Peg track that follows an old bridle track from Tomahawk Lagoon...
To the Gates of Moria for Powelliphanta
We’d cruised up the east coast of the South Island, pausing at Hanmer Springs before traversing the nerve-wracking Rainbow Rd...
Heyward Bound
Ever since visiting Heyward Point with the Wellness Walkers Trust group back in April 2017, I’d been wanting to return...
Torpedoes, Explosions, and an Alleged Slave Ship: Deborah Bay’s Astonishing Past
Deborah bay had been on my list for a long time, due to the remains of a ship with an...
A Rere Good Walk, Part Two: The Lake and The Bay
In my previous instalment, our Wellness Walkers Queenstown road trip group had embarked upon the ambitious Lake Rere loop walk....