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my tiny island

bad weather

04/02/2023

there’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing. ― alfred wainwright, a coast to coast walk we’ve had a bit of wild weather in the northern parts of new zealand for the last couple of weeks. my heart is breaking with every story of damage loss i see on the news, and i […]

Category: a book of days Tags: fuji xt-3, island life, my tiny island, palm beach, video diary, waiheke island, wiseHQ
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kayaking at the bottom end

03/01/2022

yesterday we dusted off the kayaks and banished all the spiders ready to head down to the bottom end of the island this morning. so all we had to do after breakfast today was load them on to the car and head off. it was the first time we’d tied them to the car using […]

Category: a book of days Tags: fuji xt-3, kayak, micro-adventures, my tiny island, waiheke island, waiheke island adventurers club
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passage rock to poderi crisci

29/12/202129/12/2021

currently nic and i have the luxury of having two cars as we bought a new (electric) one and have yet to sell our old one. we used this to our advantage today – parking one at one end of a walk we wanted to do, and one at the other. we did a part […]

Category: a book of days Tags: great short walks, my tiny island, te ara hura, waiheke island, waiheke island adventurers club
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merry & bright

26/12/202126/12/2021

a double swim day on christmas day – one of our favourite ways to celebrate. hope you had a merry & bright day of your own.

Category: a book of days Tags: christmas, my tiny island, palm beach, swim, waiheke island, waiheke island adventurers club
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bootcamp

13/11/202113/11/2021

why would i stay in bed on a wild-weathered saturday morning when i could go to bootcamp, get soaked and covered in sand, then be tossed about in the ocean? the wildness of the weather today awakened the wildness in me

Category: a book of days Tags: GoPro hero9 black, island life, my tiny island, self portrait, waiheke island
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