We have just spent a very special weekend in Observatory Hotel, a new boutique hotel which is in the middle of the Old revitalised Arts… Related Images:
Driving from Christchurch to Bluff you go through some astounding landscapes, and some truly boring ones. We have decided to take two days of it,… Related Images:
Waiharakeke is the name for Blenheim and we have decided to do an overnight mid winter trip on the Coastal Pacific Train and take our… Related Images:
Peel Forest is somewhere we had talked about staying some time, now we have a caravan to aid our exploring of New Zealand. We have… Related Images:
Our view is framed by hills running steeply to the sea. The bay stretches out beyond the hills to the horizon where at times it… Related Images:
In the end it was the Bellbirds that called us – they were cavorting noisily in the pohutukawa trees out to the corner of the… Related Images:
The Ōtākaro/Avon River runs through the Botanic Gardens, through the city centre, past Margaret Mahy Playground, Kerrs Reach and out to the Ihutai estuary. I… Related Images:
I have been in Beijing where in the middle of the day you can look at the sun without shading your eyes. The chance of… Related Images:
For a year, the only way to go north from Christchurch was to take this Inland Route as the road through Kaikoura was badly damaged… Related Images:
What is the worst thing that can happen – the car stops and we are stuck. No mobile reception. I suppose a big butch 4WD… Related Images: