A weekend in Lake Tekapo is a great way to unwind. We picked up a rental car in Christchurch and drove the 3 hours to Lake Tekapo. The night sky was so dark, very different from being in the city. I had always wanted to visit the beautiful stone church and was not disappointed. The …
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A walk around Hamilton Gardens
Hamilton Gardens, NZ Even though I have lived within an easy drive to Hamilton Gardens in NZ, I had never visited until today. The sun was shining and the temperature was pleasant 22 degrees celsius. The gardens are fantastic! The Enclosed Gardens include the Italian Renaissance and the Chinese Scholar’s Gardens as just a few …
24 Hours in Rotorua
What a great 24 hours visiting Rotorua. We started off with dinner in Eat Street – a street with a variety of restaurants. I was a bit late booking Atticus Fitch for dinner and it was already fully booked. It is a great little restaurant that I have dined at previously. After we had dinner …
A Sunday Italian Long Lunch, Waiheke Island
Poderi Crisci, Waiheke Island What could be more relaxing than a Sunday lunch that lasts for 3-4 hours. We arrived at Waiheke Island from Auckland on the Fullers ferry and proceeded to our shuttle that was waiting to take us to Poderi Crisci for lunch. It took us about 30 minutes to arrive at the …
Passing through Ngatea and needing something to eat…..
Driving to Mount Maunganui for the Half Marathon, we decided that needed to stop to get something to eat. I saw this clean , modern looking café just as we were about to leave Ngatea so thought we would give it go. The selection of food was amazing and it was hard to choose . …
A 10km walk at Mount Maunganui and one of the best hot chocolates ……
After recently attending the Mount Maunganui Half Marathon to compete in the 10km event, it was only fitting to go to one of the local cafes for brunch and a hot chocolate. I came across a café that seemed to be fairly busy and people were sitting out on the side walk at the allocated …
Kayaking with Glow Worms
Every New Year holiday period we plan to do something that we have never done before or go somewhere we haven’t been to been to. This year I booked us to do the Glow Worm Kayaking trip. Having never kayaked before, I was a little nervous about what to expect but thought many people have done this …