Cobblestones Museum

We took Friday off and drove over the Remutaka Hills for a couple of nights away in Greytown. For some … More

Words on Wednesday

The sun was shining, the temperatures must have got up to 18C where we are, and since Pilates was cancelled … 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.

Words on Wednesday: Dunedin indoors (the trip part 5)

It seems ages since we had our short trip to Dunedin: we are back at work and daily life goes … More

A trip to Dunedin (part one)

We are just back today from a short trip down to Dunedin, the ‘Edinburgh of the South’ and the second … More

Wordless Wednesday: Noumea

For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, we are in Noumea.

This week’s small pleasures #119

This time next week will be Christmas Eve, so there will be no Small Pleasures post as we will be … More