The Life of Lawrence’s St Patrick’s Hall
One of the perks of having this blog is that sometimes I get to see places that I’d otherwise have...
Tag: History
On Fear and Courage, and the Fall of my Hero
For the last eight years I’ve thought that the one moment in our nation’s history that I’d be asked about...
Where Abel Tasman Met the Māori – And the Story that was Lost
While at the top of the South Island, there was one place I was absolutely determined to visit. So Dad...
The Suffragist Virago and the Stonemason: Patons of Highcliff
I was offered another tantalising piece to the puzzle that is Otago Peninsula’s early settler history when a Highcliff landowner...
On the Importance of Place
After two and a half years, I figure it’s about time I try to explain why I chose to focus...
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....
Into the Chasm and a Horse-Poking Kerfuffle
A fellow adventurer and one of 12 loyal readers for this blog offered to take me out to a Dunedin...
Intriguing City Rise
Dad and I felt it was high time to take another (literal!) page out of Paul Hayward’s More Intriguing Dunedin...