Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [691]
I had to get up for a rediculously early ferry crossing back to the North Island because with my time quickly running out in New Zealand I knew I'd have a real whistlestop tour if I was to fit in everything I still wanted to see and do there. Needless ... Read more >
Saturday, 28 Feb 2009 | Views [663]
Waving farewell to Punakaiki I travelled down to Franz Josef, the home town, though town is maybe stretching the point a little, for one of the famous glaciers which come down from the Southern Alps through the temperate rainforest to almost reach the ... Read more >
Sunday, 8 Feb 2009 | Views [680]
The two weeks I spent in Punakaiki passed really quickly. I was working at Te Nikau Retreat, as part of a group of 4 or 5 "wwoofers" (originally an anacronym for Willing Workers on Organic Farms, the term is now used for most exchange workers) cleaning ... Read more >
Friday, 23 Jan 2009 | Views [570]
It was probably just as well it was a quiet hogmanay as it was bad enough having to get up on New Year's morning for a 7am shuttle to the ferry across to the South Island as it was. It was also quite windy so I anticipated a stormy crossing. However, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 31 Dec 2008 | Views [1517]
I don't know whether I have a guilty face or an innocent face, but you can almost guarantee I'll get stopped for additional security checks at an airport. Leaving Australia was no exception: first of all I got selected for additional explosives screening ... Read more >
