New Zealand National Aquarium: Learning about land and sea!
New Zealand, Oceania, TravelogueThe New Zealand National Aquarium is not, as one might predict, in Auckland. Instead, it’s nestled on the peaceful shore […]
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Gannet Beach Adventures: Birds, Rocks & a Kidnapping!
New Zealand, Oceania, TravelogueI wondered, as we rumbled along the sand and pebble coast of Cape Kidnappers, if it was a day very […]
New Zealand… New Adventures
New Zealand, Oceania, TravelogueNew Zealand…. This is a place that has been on our bucket list for a very long time. Ten […]
Home Sweet Camper: Welcome to New Zealand!
New Zealand, Oceania, TravelogueWe’ve been talking about this journey for years. Ever since my parents bought a little camper van and knocked around […]
Entering New Zealand: In which Ezra is caught red handed
New Zealand, Oceania, TravelogueDid you know that being caught smuggling nine lemons into New Zealand is grounds for prosecution, with a penalty […]
West Cape Howe Winery: Portraits of an Afternoon
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueSo, two Belgians, a Hobbit & Ghandi walked into a bar… Sounds like the opener to a joke; instead, it […]
More walking, a snake and a big, “WOW!” in Western Australia
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueOkay, I admit it: I’m freezing. Here we are on the south coast of Western Australia at the tail end […]
Conquering Fear: In which I climb a 75 meter high tree with my teens
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueThe view from the top is spectacular, but it’s one heck of a climb. 75 meters straight up, in a […]
The Scent of a Karri Tree Forest: Western Australia
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueThe scent on the morning breeze, as the sun yawns into her golden arc and warms the grey green leaves […]
Hamelin Bay: Sting Ray Encounter
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueHamelin Bay is one of the perfect places in the world. White sand beaches stretch as far as the eye […]
Sometimes I Just Have To Walk
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueSometimes, I just have to walk. I get this slightly claustrophobic feeling in my own head. Noises from the outside […]
Kangaroos, Kookaburras & Kevin: Western Australia Road Trip Day Two
Australia, Oceania, TravelogueWe knew we’d love Australia, but we couldn’t have predicted how much! We’re kind of critter collectors: amateur biologists of […]