Last year when I was visiting the South Island, on a day trip to Glenorchy I noticed this amazing looking eco accommodation there. It wasn’t actually open but I loved…
With the beginning of the New Zealand summer comes the start of a whole heap of public holidays stretching through to Easter. The first of which is Labour Weekend at…
Voted one of the top five horse treks in the whole of New Zealand, I was really looking forward to a morning of horse riding at Muriwai Beach. A forty…
Duder Regional Park is situated on the Whakakaiwhara Peninsula near Clevedon which is around a forty minute drive from Auckland. Once inside the regional park, two of the best things…
Situated at the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Shakespeare Regional Park is around a fifty minute drive from Auckland city centre. And it is so worth the drive – this…
A couple of weekends ago, along with my flatmates we travelled out to West Auckland to tackle the Te Henga Walkway. I’ve wanted to do this walk for a while but…
Who would have thought that just a forty five minute ferry journey from the city centre of Auckland lies a vineyard covered beautiful island? It is one of my favourite…
Making the most of the mild temperatures before Auckland plummeted to the near baltic temperatures we are now faced with (it feels like it anyway!) – I decided to do…
If you’re a regular reader of the blog you’ll know I love nothing more than getting outside on a sunny day and tackling a long walk. Preferably beginning or finishing…