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  • In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit

    Hobbiton, Matamata Having read the books and seen the movies, it was a beautiful summer day to visit the movie set now a tourist mecca set in lush, rolling farmland. What was surprising was the number of people still fascinated… Continue reading

    In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit
  • Family…or part thereof

    Boxing Day 2024 saw most of the family come over to finish off the food from the previous day and muck around outside playing games and goofing around. Just a really nice relaxing time being able to get out the… Continue reading

    Family…or part thereof
  • Strange Road

    Google Maps will give you directions to this rural road from Te Aroha, a town in the North Island. I grew up here. I biked along this road growing up. I travelled along this road earlier in the year. It’s… Continue reading

    Strange Road
  • Graceville Christmas Carols 2024

    …and that time of year has come around yet again. Remembering the birth of Christ and celebrating God’s gift of grace will never grow old or weary. Continue reading

    Graceville Christmas Carols 2024
  • Discover Toowoomba’s Flower Festival: A Colorful Journey

    There is something about flowers that is very appealing. Just visit Toowoomba during the flower festival and witness the numbers of people travelling distances to soak in the array of colour and vibrancy of nature blooming. And I was unashamedly… Continue reading

    Discover Toowoomba’s Flower Festival: A Colorful Journey
  • SH6 – Wanaka to Haast

    State Highway 6 is the road leading from Wanaka to the West Coast of New Zealand. Mountainous terrain with winding roads and views that make you want to stop at every turn. This particular stretch of road starts at Lake… Continue reading

    SH6 – Wanaka to Haast
  • The Pass

    Lindis Pass is a stretch of road on the way to Queenstown….another one of my favourite roads and this time it was snowing. Continue reading

    The Pass
  • Passing the Lindis

    So another gravel road was discovered during my last trip to NZ. Take a right from Omarama Lindis Pass Rd onto Birchwood Rd, up the Ahuriri Valley. It was a pretty miserable day when we took this little detour but… Continue reading

    Passing the Lindis
  • Mt Cook – The Drive

    A day trip to Mount Cook and a walk along the Hooker Valley Track. Now this walk is 10km and pretty straight forward without too much huffing or puffing except when whole area is covered with a blanket of snow.… Continue reading

    Mt Cook – The Drive
  • Good Morning Twizel

    Twizel was a place I was hoping would be smothered in snow – a cold, frosty, very white type of snowy day which really is a photographers dream. But sometimes things don’t quite go as planned or hoped for. However,… Continue reading

    Good Morning Twizel
  • The Road to Sunday

    You may need to google Hakatere Potts Road but it has become one of my favourite stretches of gravel in New Zealand – 49 kilometres to be precise, from our accommodation in Mt Somers to Mt Sunday. For those of… Continue reading

    The Road to Sunday
  • The Pink Lake

    When in Victoria…a road trip to Lake Tyrell, a four-hour drive from Melbourne to my mind, is well worth the visit. Well who wouldn’t want to see a pink lake! The largest inland salt lake in Victoria is an amazing… Continue reading

    The Pink Lake