Garage foundations
Well, we need a garage. All our garding stuff is stacked on the deck and around the house, and the bikes don’t get any better…
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Look, I’ve found a water melon!
Winter solstice is just a few days ahead and guess what we just ‘found’ in an overgrown corner of our veggie garden: A perfectly ripe…
Autumn holidays! Day 9: Cape Palliser
The south-eastern corner of the North Island is a little bit out of hand, but it’s very rewarding to go there, especially in pleasent weather and…
Autumn holiday! Day 8: Masterton – Castle Point
My personal highlight of this road trip. The day-trip from Masterton over to Castle Point. We’ve been there 3 years earlier and we had the same…
Autumn holidays! Day 7: Wairarapa
Fortunately not our motel (but a nice building in the middle of nowhere): The longest place name in NZ: An unassuming hill known as “Taumata…
Autumn holidays! Day 6: From West to East – Whanganui to Hastings
Virginia Lake in Whanganui: A very nice early morning walk around the lake. But they seem to have a serious problem with algae (and thousands…
Autumn holidays! Day 5: Kapiti Coast, Whanganui
It’s time to leave the little big city and head off to Whanganui (where nobody really knows if it is Wanganui or Whanganui): Bason Botanic Gardens,…
Autumn holidays! Day 4: Petone Pier, Weta Workshop, Minigolf, Red Rocks
Petone Pier is probably not the most well-known tourist attraction in Wellington, but on a wind-still morning like this, it comes with a very unique flair. Exceptional…
Autumn holidays! Day 3: Te Ika-a-Māui (Zealandia, Downtown, Otari-Wilton’s Bush, Mt. Vic)
Welcome to the North Island! Our first day in Wellington we spent mostly at Zealandia, had a walk through the Cuba Street District, drove to…