This week’s small pleasures should be subtitled ‘the Auckland edition’ because the focus this week is our weekend trip to Auckland.
Tag: museum
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
It is hard to believe it is already half way through January already. Holidays seem far away and the daily … More
Words on Wednesday: Akaroa
On Saturday, the second day of our weekend trip to Christchurch, we drove over to Akaroa, around an hour and … More
Wordless Wednesday: Wellington
This week’s (semi) Wordless Wednesday features Wellington early on Friday. Captions explain what is in the pictures. You can find … More
Ten things to do on a staycation, the early spring edition
Like many people who remained fully employed during lockdown, I have not used as much annual leave as I would … More
Making the weekend shine…with a bit of rain…or a short trip to Nelson (part 1)
A weekend away is always a good thing I believe. You have to stop the normal rushing around and take … More
Wordless Wednesday: Martinborough Museum
On Sunday, as you may have seen from the last post, we popped over the hills to Martinborough. It just … More
Wordless Wednesday: Noumea
For this week’s Wordless Wednesday, we are in Noumea.
All good things…
…must come to an end as they say, and so our holiday over The Ditch drew to an end, with … More