Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail
After finishing another one of mum’s so called short flat tracks out of Bright, we headed to Warburton. The best part of…
A Bright new day!
Last night we filled our bellies with a roast dinner cooked in our Wombat Retreat Cottage. I got some new bike tips…
Dog on the Tuckerbox
The Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument 5 miles from Gundagai. The history of statue goes back to…
Art brings life to Christchurch
Earthquake 22 Feb 2011
At 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake caused severe damage in Christchurch and Lyttelton,…
Hanmer … not hammer
We spent two days in Hanmer Springs. Hanmer Springs was named after the surveyor Thomas Hanmer. Grace and I measured ourselves!
The town was…
Where’s the glacier?
We had travelled to the west coast of New Zealand to see the glaciers. Firstly we drove over Haast Pass. Along the…
Splash that water
Mum woke up early and booked a QUAD BIKE tour. Mum remembered Mark and Kel doing it when they visited Franz Joseph. It…
The story of Ah Lum
Between 1860 to 1880 about 800 Chinese came to Otago and West Coast in search of gold.
In 2002 the New Zealand Government…
Better by bike
Today I got back in my nicks and riding shirt as we were off to ride the Gibbston Valley Track. After Better…
Helping native birds survive
Ferrets and stoats were introduced into New Zealand to stop the rabbits. But they started eating ground birds eggs. In six years…