Back home in Austria there are snails that can give every gardener’s a hard time. In New Zealand there too are animals which eat young…

The Golden Bay is blessed with beautiful beaches. Pohara, near Takaka, is one of many nice places. Despite the misty and often rainy weather this…

Because the Wainui walk took just two hours and we wanted to have one glimpse of the northern part of Abel Tasman, we ignored the…

Yes, there obviously was heavy flooding this winter, the path is not always intact, but this happend not to be of concern once we met…

The little sister of the 15 minutes away touristic kaiteriteri area is much nicer to sit (if the sandflies let you) and pass the time.…

From time to time we got other girls from kindergarten or school over at our place. Verena still refuses to speak English but to our…

I know, it looks just like a summer beach holiday shot. But it was really …. cold. Ten degrees ain’t much when your fingers are…

The weather was so fine and warm that we couldn’t stay at home – had to have another look across the ‘big hill’ and visit…

As spring fair approaches, the group met once more for two days of extended dollmaking, knitting, sewing, wet felting etc. We were guests at Riverside…

Today we had a stop at the aerodrome event at the Motueka Airport, plenty of food, some attractions for kids (face painting, bouncy castle) and…