Lewis Pass

Over the Easter weekend I managed to get away for a day and do some tramping, something I used to do lot of in Scotland but have so far failed to do in New Zealand. I decided to head for Lewis Pass having seen a selection of tracks in the area and having so far [...]

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West Coast Trip Part III

This is the last post on my trip to the West Coast, I had great hopes of a sunrise on the last morning but instead persistent rain and mist was the order of the day as I returned home. I chose to drive back over the Lewis Pass, this was the second time I have [...]

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West Coast Trip Part II

I have finally managed to get around to processing the rest of the images from my trip to the west coast. I was quite pleased with the results, if not spectacular, fairly consistent. The next time I travel over the alps I should have a better idea of where to go and when. After leaving [...]

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Kaikoura

Just before the kids to Kaikoura for the weekend. The kids really like it there, playing in the rock tools fishing and so on. A lovely place, quite busy in the summer with tourists and visitors. One of our favourite places is South Bay which changes in character with the tide. With the water out [...]

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Timaru Trip

I am just back for a fun trip to Timaru. Lots of playing at the park and the beach and Botanical Gardens with my kids. Timaru is lovely and we all had a lot of fun, it was nice being somewhere where we didn’t feel any aftershocks. I also took plenty of photographs, mostly snapshots [...]

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