Adrift on the Avon
I find myself at a loss in Christchurch. I’m here because someone I love lies in the ICU at Christchurch...
Tag: Insects
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...
An Eely Encounter at Lake Rotoiti
I wasn’t going to write about Lake Rotoiti, because after all I posted about it almost exactly two years ago...
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....
A Rere Good Walk, Part One: The Hillocks and The River
It was day two of our Wellness Walkers jaunt to Queenstown and we came together after our various Saturday adventures...
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...
Taieri Mouth After the Storm
The Tuesday after the weekend rainstorm that drenched Dunedin, bringing flooding and land slips, dawned sunny and clear. As Dad...
Old Shells and Measles Hell on the South Otago Coast
An adventureless morning found me once again occupied by my habit of perusing local maps for interesting places. Scrolling down...
Fun and Fungi on the Government Track
Today our wanderings took us to an area I hadn’t visited in several years, but had enduring fond memories of....
Chain Hills Tunnel Open Day
Today we had a very special opportunity, a chance to walk through the usually-closed abandoned Chain Hills Tunnel which runs...