A Cruise Through the Catlins

The Catlins was the first place I ventured once Kiwis were allowed outside again after our first lockdown. Now I...

Catlins Calling

We’d finally emerged from the chrysalis of country-wide quarantine into a long winter weekend. Now that adventure (within reason) was...

It was time for our third annual Wellness Walkers weekend away. We had an exciting array of walks lined up...

I arrived in Rotorua much later than I’d intended, thanks to four hours stuck in rental vehicle purgatory. I only...

Okay, this is it. We’ve laboured up the slopes of Mount Luxmore, trekked across the peaks, and descended back into...

Some of us Wellness Walkers folks were heading down south for a few days to see what the Te Anau...

Having explored the Hooker Valley and saluted New Zealand’s highest mountain, we emerged from another chilly night in our stubbornly-hitched...

Winter has come, and suddenly my news feed is full of scenes of ice and snow. I’m not one to...

We had taken in the Hanmer Plain and conquered the most popular peak in Canterbury, so now it was time...

I wasn’t going to write about Lake Rotoiti, because after all I posted about it almost exactly two years ago...