Posts/Entries
All posts/entries, for now, from over two decades of global travel. And a few colourful tags, too.
Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
Back in 2003, on my first visit to New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand's most English of cities, was my first stop in the country. This time around it's my last stop. Of late, Mother Nature has not been kind to the city, the largest on New Zealand's South Island,...
Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
Sitting in the heart of Mackenzie Country, slap-bang in the centre of New Zealand’s outdoorsy South Island, is Lake Tekapo, the second-largest of three roughly parallel turquoise-blue lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin. It's a...
Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, located in the central part of the New Zealand's South Island & deep in the heart of the Southern Alps, is New Zealand's great alpine park, boasting the country's highest mountains (& quite a lot of them to boot) and its...
Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
The second-largest city on the South Island of New Zealand, & its seventh largest overall, Dunedin sits at the head of Otago Harbour on a series of hills and valleys overlooking the bay. The main attraction in this part of the country is the wildlife of the nearby...
The Catlins, South Island, New Zealand
I‘ve just spent the last few days touring The Catlins Coast, a sparsely populated region in the extreme southeastern corner of New Zealand's South Island, a largely untouched region renowned for its wildlife & rugged coastal scenery. And oh what scenery....
Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand
Fiordland National Park is located in the south-west of New Zealand’s South Island. The 12,500 km² park is the largest of New Zealand's 14 National Parks & one of four that are situated in the wider Te Wahipounamu (Maori for "the place of greenstone"), a UNESCO...
Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
Surrounded by majestic mountains & nestled on the shores of crystal clear Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown on New Zealand's South Island boasts one of the most stunning natural locations in the world....
Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand
The world is getting smaller every day. It's still a big place full of beautiful locations but there are surely very few places on earth as beautiful as Wanaka, a charming lakeside town in the middle of New Zealand’s South Island surrounded by mountains and situated...
Lake Hawea, South Island, New Zealand
I took a drive today over the Haast Pass, a 563 metre-high a mountain pass in the Southern Alps of New Zealand's South Island. The pass took me off the rugged West Coast & away from the Tasman Sea and into the Otago region of the South Island before I eventually...
Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand
In much the same way as throwing yourself off of an adequately stable ridge (bungee jumping) or out of a perfectly airworthy aeroplane while strapped to a total stranger (skydiving), strapping on some crampons & going for an amble on a glacier is one of those...
West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
The West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the whole country – it’s not Northland remote but it’s remote nonetheless. This part of New Zealand is synonymous with beauty, rugged beauty; wild coastlines,...
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Windy Wellington indeed. Wet Wellington, too. It's noon on May 14, 2012, and I'm sitting in the back of Wilma, my camper van, in the car park on Mount Victoria, one of the more popular attractions in Wellington, the compact, cultured capital city of New Zealand. At...
Tongariro Alpine Crossing, New Zealand
Traversing The Spectacular Volcanic Topography Of New Zealand's North Island, Probably The Best One-Day Walk On Earth Tongariro National Park, North Island, New Zealand. May 9, 2012 Tongariro National Park, slap-bang in the volcanic centre of New Zealand's North...
Taupo, North Island, New Zealand
In the volcanic heart of New Zealand’s North Island & with a breathtaking natural setting on the shores of the lake of the same name, Taupo is a must-see.