If you saw Monday’s post, you will see we took a short trip up to New Plymouth after Easter. The … More
Category: Travel
This week’s small pleasures #280: a trip to New Plymouth
Today is Anzac Day, the national day of remembrance in New Zealand and Australia. Covid restrictions have meant slightly different … More
The holiday ends…
We are now back in Wellington after a lovely few days up in Hawke’s Bay. On Tuesday, we spent some … More
Wordless Wednesday: at the beach
Pictures taken at Waimarama Beach, Hawke’s Bay Tuesday 3 And Wednesday 4 January. You can find Thistles and Kiwis on … More
Wordless Wednesday: Glenorchy
For this week’s Worldless Wednesday, we travel back to our long weekend trip down to Queenstown and our Sunday drive … More
Wordless Wednesday: iconic buildings and other things
For this week’s (semi) Wordless Wednesday we journey back to the South Island, to Cardrona and the famous Cardrona Hotel, … More
Words on Wednesday: the Chinese settlement in Arrowtown
Close by the centre of Arrowtown lies a very different heritage site, the Arrowtown Chinese settlement. It is one of at least ten Chinese settlements that grew up around the gold mining towns in Otago during the late the nineteenth century.
Arrowtown: a bit of goldrush history
A short drive from Queenstown, lies Arrowtown, an historic town sitting on the Arrow River.
This week’s small pleasures #226 or Queenstown weekend part 1
For this week’s small pleasures post, I’m going to take you with me to Queenstown, where we have been for a long weekend break.
At seat at the table: Rātā
There is no Six on Saturday post from me today as we are away for the weekend, down in Queenstown. … More
Thistles and Kiwis 