Swans, snapper and a trip to Auckland part 2

My second day in Auckland began with a thunderstorm. We were woken up in the wee small hours by flashes … More

Swans, snapper and a trip to Auckland part 1

After last Friday’s earthquake and aftershocks, it was a pretty normal week, though I kept thinking my office was shaking … More

I was going to call this post ‘backs, teeth and eyes’ but decided that sounded a bit too, well, clinical … More

On Saturday we walked up to Zealandia, a special wildlife sanctuary which we are very lucky to live so close … More

On Saturday we took a wine tasting tour around Martinborough. The day started with a train trip to Featherston, where … More

After our short walk around the market on Sunday (see previous blog entry), we took the ferry over to Days … More