February 26, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The river water is almost icy cold, rushing past the bank and over the rocks with a happy gurgling, before it sweeps around the bend and downstream. The little turnout […]
February 25, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
The New Zealand National Aquarium is not, as one might predict, in Auckland. Instead, it’s nestled on the peaceful shore of Hawke’s Bay in the seaside city of Napier. We […]
February 23, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
I wondered, as we rumbled along the sand and pebble coast of Cape Kidnappers, if it was a day very much like this when Captain Cook first saw the coast […]
February 22, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
New Zealand…. This is a place that has been on our bucket list for a very long time. Ten years ago, or so, my parents came over, rented a […]
February 20, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
We’ve been talking about this journey for years. Ever since my parents bought a little camper van and knocked around the islands for six weeks or so a decade ago […]
February 19, 2013 in New Zealand, Oceania, Travelogue
Did you know that being caught smuggling nine lemons into New Zealand is grounds for prosecution, with a penalty of a $100,000 fine, and up to five years in […]
February 17, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
So, two Belgians, a Hobbit & Ghandi walked into a bar… Sounds like the opener to a joke; instead, it was our afternoon; swap the bar for West Cape Howe […]
February 15, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Okay, I admit it: I’m freezing. Here we are on the south coast of Western Australia at the tail end of summer and I’m freezing. Not all the time. There […]
February 14, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The view from the top is spectacular, but it’s one heck of a climb. 75 meters straight up, in a spiral, around, and around a giant Karri tree. This particular […]
February 14, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The scent on the morning breeze, as the sun yawns into her golden arc and warms the grey green leaves of a eucalyptus forest, is intoxicating. It’s a forest smell […]
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