House comparison: UK v NZ

Before we left the UK, I did a video walk around of our house. Mark asked what the devil I was doing. I clearly remember saying ‘well, houses in New Zealand won’t look like this, […]

Tramping in the Catlins: Waipohato waterfall track

We decided to break up our mammoth gardening weekend with a trip out. There is still so much to see in this beautiful country. So we picked a route in the Catlins, near to Colac […]

Celebrating a Summery Christmas Kiwi style!

The thing that I am finding most weird is a Christmas celebration in summer. I can see its advantages, but it is still very odd indeed.

2013: A year in pictures

Here is a summary of our 2013 in photographs. There is one photo to represent each month. Sufficed to say it has been a tough old year, to say the least. But, we do our […]

Slope Point: the Southernmost tip of South Island!

It wasn’t till the other day that I realised that the sign at Bluff was not the furthest south that you could go in Southern New Zealand. We had been to the Southern Catlins before […]