Snapshots From The Road
Back in August, I wrote a story about why I had deleted On1 Photo RAW from my computer. Three months on from then I have done a 180-degree about-turn and…
Beautiful Postcards From The North Island – Part 2
Is it really two months since I posted my first collection of Postcards From The North Island? Mmmm – yes it is! The first collection was published here on June…
Ferry Reserve Freedom Camping Area
Back in April I wrote a story called Our Favourite Freedom Camping Sites – Part 1. This isn’t Part 2 – that is still to come – probably after we…
Postcards From The North Island
Postcards From The North Island Growing up I remember listening to a radio programme by Alistair Cook called Letter From America. I loved his mellifluous voice, and the stories he…
Our Favourite Freedom Camping Spots – Part 1
Freedom camping in the South Island of New Zealand This is a story about some of our favourite freedom camping spots – or at least about five of the 26…
Roads Less Travelled
As we spent Christmas at home this year, and as the weather was really kind to us, we decided to do a few day trips on roads less travelled (by…
Jackson Bay Sandflies Are Huge!
The Jackson Bay sandflies are huge…. But this is not actually a sandfly. It is a urepetala carovei…a New Zealand bush giant dragonfly. This incredible flying machine can grow up…
Oamaru – More Than Meets The Eye
More than meets the eye We’ve been back from our last motorhome trip for over two weeks now, and it was only yesterday that I finally got around to checking…
I’ve Gone Full Circle With Lumix
Well, it seems that with the recent purchase of my new micro four-thirds Panasonic I’ve gone full circle with Lumix. Eight days ago New Zealand went into Covid-19 Alert Level…
Mist Opportunities
You may think that mist opportunities is a miss-spelling, and should be missed opportunities. In fact, it’s not wrong. Whenever you travel up or down the West Coast and back…