It’s Christmas Eve and another one of those mornings that I’m glad we usually wake early – we have to be up, showered, breakfasted, packed, and ready to go by 8:00 am, to get to the pickup point for our Lake Waikaremoana track transport. Nic and I are spending four days walking the Lake Waikaremoana […]
+++ i have so much to tell you that i am not at all certain of where to begin. so i keep things to myself, stuck in outward silence with a blaze of words crackling around in my head. do i start by telling you about the sofa, or the magpie calling nearby? do i […]
Things you might not know about me No.277 :: I will totally plan a weekend away around a place I’ve found to stay in, a restaurant, or an interesting walk. And, our whole Dunedin weekend was planned because (a) we haven’t been away recently, (b) I love adventures and get seriously twitchy when I haven’t […]
Interesting things I now know about Dunedin’s railway station The NZ government sold it to Dunedin city council for $1 in 1994 On the floor in the main foyer of the building are 57 panels made up of mosaic tiles with the nine central panels showing a small English steam engine, NZR logos and other […]
Vogel Street Kitchen was a spectacular find. Housed in the warehouse district, this place was our breakfast place for two days running. The breakfast supplies we’d bought to enjoy over a lie in ended up coming home with us. It has a vintage-industrial feel that we both love, has great food and a great vibe. […]
+++ these are the things i want to remember: how the early morning ferry off the island, with our traditional travelling made-first-in-the-uk-breakfast of croissants crammed with crispy bacon, avocado, lettuce, cheese and pickle set the day off right + how much i love the drive from auckland to the kauaeranga valley in coromandel + how […]
