A long weekend in Melbourne (part 2)

We have lost Internet connection, so using data from my phone and my iPad today, so a brief post for … More

This week’s small pleasures #322 or a long weekend in Melbourne part 1

This week’s small pleasures post comes to you from Melbourne, where we have just spent a lovely long weekend. We … More

This week’s small pleasures #316 or the Hawke’s Bay edition

I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More

Words on Wednesday (or New Plymouth Part 2)

If you saw Monday’s post, you will see we took a short trip up to New Plymouth after Easter. The … More

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.