Curious Canals and Rusting Wrecks of the Wairau

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

Darwinian Geology at Ward Beach

I was in England when the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake struck my South Island home. It was hard to be so...

As I continued southward through the North Island on my great New Zealand road trip, I entered a strange half-known...

A family member needed to make a day trip to Invercargill, so I generously offered to drive and even extended...

We’d cruised up the east coast of the South Island, pausing at Hanmer Springs before traversing the nerve-wracking Rainbow Rd...

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

It was day two of our Wellness Walkers jaunt to Queenstown and we came together after our various Saturday adventures...

Today we wandered far afield to an area I’ve been wanting to explore for some time – The Catlins, its...

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

ANZAC Day is time to reflect on New Zealand’s role in the World Wars, but also a day off to...