Sunshine on a Sunday

Should you ever be in New Plymouth, you are bound to walk at least some of the way along the … More

Sunny Sunday in New Plymouth

We woke on Sunday to a beautiful blue sky, and the promise of some lovely weather.  After an excellent breakfast … More

Sunshine on the west coast: a trip to New Plymouth

This being the Labour Day weekend holiday here in New Zealand, we headed off on a short trip over to … More

Flights, buses and a wee trip to Hamilton

I have absolutely no idea where this week has gone – I just can’t believe it is Friday evening already.  … More

Sunday: morning, noon and night

Sunday was a lovely, sunny, spring day, and with Karl up early to head over to Canberra, I had the … More

An airport, a flight and Auckland again

I’m sitting here on Friday evening, sniffing away, having somehow caught a cold now it is spring, even though got … More

A trip to Auckland: art, ballet and cheese

This weekend, I went up to Auckland to visit friends and to go to see The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s … More

A bird, a rare bird and a celebrity bird

I mentioned in my last post that one of the things I was looking forward to was a visit to … More

Sunday, sunshine and stopping in Greytown

A mini post about the rest our weekend away.  After our visit to Stonehenge Aotearoa, we drove the sort distance … More

Stones, sounds and the southern skies

A place we had talked about visiting for ages, and finally got around to it this weekend, is Stonehenge Aotearoa.  … More