The Conquest of Kopuwai

Family road trip ahoy! What better destination than the famous Old Man Rock, overlooking the wilds of Central Otago? We...

Black Peter’s Gold Trail

As I arrived in Lawrence for my investigation into the Chinese community that once lived there, I couldn’t help but...

The town of Lawrence, Otago’s gateway to the gold fields, is one place I’ve always wanted to explore more fully....

Approaching Blenheim on my doomed road trip, I had one further detour to make. The lure of a double shipwreck...

One of the perks of having this blog is that sometimes I get to see places that I’d otherwise have...

I was offered another tantalising piece to the puzzle that is Otago Peninsula’s early settler history when a Highcliff landowner...

Deborah bay had been on my list for a long time, due to the remains of a ship with an...

Dad was heading to Clyde to meet up with a visiting group of overseas entomologists, so I took the chance...

Today our wanderings took us to an area I hadn’t visited in several years, but had enduring fond memories of....

While perusing the New Zealand Walking Access Mapping System (WAMS) for adventure ideas, I came across something rather intriguing. I’d...