Sep 24, 2020 | Blog, Insights
Have you ever wondered how to find out about photography competitions in New Zealand? When are they on? How to enter? I found it really difficult to work this out, hence this short blog to help us all. Entering competitions is a way to challenge myself and...
Sep 20, 2020 | Blog, Overseas Travel, Travel pod archives
Well here we are nearly a year on from our amazing trip to Africa and part three of the blog in Botswana had not even been started. I am writing the final segment in a very different world now that covid-19 has arrived -but let’s put that aside and look back on...
Jun 20, 2020 | Blog, New Zealand, NZ Walks, Tramping NZ
Mid January with a perfect weather forecast we headed up to the Nelson Lakes from Greymouth. I had been working and exploring around Greymouth quite a lot so we decided to head a bit further afield. Lake Angelus has been suggested by a number of people so topped our...
May 1, 2020 | Blog, Overseas Travel, Travel pod archives
This is part two of the three part blog of our safari in September/October 2019 with Merubisi Safaris. Largely based around our exploration of Etosha National Park. This link will take you to the first blog (Namibia deserts) which has more background on the trip. The...
Mar 27, 2020 | Blog, New Zealand
Two weeks before a total lock down in New Zealand I was attending a book festival and visiting my daughter in Wellington. COVID-19 was know as coronavirus and was happening somewhere else. This is the diary of a COVID-19 lock down in Christchurch. We knew it would...
Sep 19, 2019 | Blog, Overseas Travel, Travel pod archives
First off this is long! And at this stage you are only reading part 1 of 3 (broken kind of into weeks). So to make it easier if you have been here before click straight through to the route and select the section your interested in. If you are only interested in...