We’re Throwing a Party…. You’re invited!

March 1, 2013 in Travelogue

March of this year is a very special month for us… It marks our fifth anniversary of full time travel as a family… hard to believe. This month, in 2008, […]

Note to Kerri & friends: Keep Paddling

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 […]

New Zealand National Aquarium: Learning about land and sea!

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 […]

Gannet Beach Adventures: Birds, Rocks & a Kidnapping!

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 […]

New Zealand… New Adventures

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 […]

Home Sweet Camper: Welcome to New Zealand!

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 […]

Entering New Zealand: In which Ezra is caught red handed

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 […]

West Cape Howe Winery: Portraits of an Afternoon

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 […]

More walking, a snake and a big, “WOW!” in Western Australia

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 […]

Conquering Fear: In which I climb a 75 meter high tree with my teens

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 […]