Tribulations on Southland’s East Peak

With some young cousins visiting town, we thought it would be a good opportunity to show them a challenge. So...

Four Hours on Swampy Summit

Today we had planned to climb Mount Charles, the highest point on the peninsula, but were disappointed to learn that...

How can I have been blogging for six months about places to go around Dunedin and not mentioned Mount Cargill...

February is when the fruits of the native tree fuchsia or kotukutuku become ripe. The berries are known as konini...

Continuing our mission to give Cesco a great Kiwi fishing send off before he returns to Italy, we moved on...

Today we had a special treat – an offer to show us around the historic Craigieburn site by Paul Pope,...

Dad’s back, woohoo! We celebrated with a trip out to Leith Valley and a hike up towards Flagstaff. We travelled...