This weekend, we went up to Dunedin, a helter skelter trip straight from work on Friday evening, to get to the rugby game by 7:30pm. We JUST made it! We decided to stay over, and spend the day in the area before meandering back home on Saturday afternoon. So glad we did because Saturday turned out to be beautiful. Continue reading “Dunedin: Highlanders and Gorgeous coastline”
Category: Rest of New Zealand
Mud, rugby, and Mark becomes famous!
It’s been a few weeks since I updated his blog, so my apologies. We have been busy, as usual. Never a dull moment in such a beautiful country. Continue reading “Mud, rugby, and Mark becomes famous!”
Regattas, mountains, and unusual fruit!
Each time I go to the supermarket, it’s like a new learning experience. This week, we bought a new strange fruit, just to see what it was like. This is a Kiwano. It is also known as the African horned cucumber or horned melon.
Roxburgh Gorge and Clutha Gold trails: Central Otago scenery
At the weekend, along with the Invercargill Rowing club masters rowers (well, some of them!) I cycled both the Roxburgh Gorge trail and the Clutha Gold trail, a total of 12okm of mountain bike trails that take you from Alexandra to Lawrence. the route follows the Clutha river, passing through Roxburgh, Millers Flat and Beaumont on its way to Lawrence. It truly is like another world. It offers a wilderness experience through the remote and stunning Roxburgh Gorge, and the scenery changes from rugged and mountainous to lush green orchards is really quite amazing. Its not a trail for the faint hearted, specially the Roxburgh Dam to Shingle Creek section! Continue reading “Roxburgh Gorge and Clutha Gold trails: Central Otago scenery”
Seasons explanation: the upside down take on things.
I have to say I have serious conversion tendencies when it come to knowing what on earth to expect with the weather down here at certain times of year.
I was walking through Queens Park the other day when the conversion suddenly came to me: Continue reading “Seasons explanation: the upside down take on things.”