Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
One of the world’s great urban centres with a stunning natural harbour & iconic sights that need no introduction; it is as photogenic as it is famous.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...