The Philosophy of Walking
Please enjoy this very special guest post from fellow adventurer Mark Peart! Philosophy and walking – not much in common,...
Tag: Otago
A Remarkable White Christmas
It was time for our third annual Wellness Walkers weekend away. We had an exciting array of walks lined up...
Second Chances at Second Beach
I had to go back to St Clair. There were historic tidbits I’d come across when researching my post on...
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...
Reflections of Waitangi at Karitane
Waitangi Day meant a day off, and that meant a fitting adventure had to be found. I fixed on Huriawa...
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....
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...
Intriguing City Rise
Dad and I felt it was high time to take another (literal!) page out of Paul Hayward’s More Intriguing Dunedin...