I'm a lover of creativity and movement, expressed through photography, words, travel and sports.
Recently, we had the experience of staying in a place that was once a grand 19th-century hotel. It sits proudly on a hilltop overlooking the Waitomo Caves. It does sound very posh, doesn't it? As it so happens, the Queen's head once lay on a fluffed-up pillow on the first floor in late 1953. Of… Continue reading Have you stayed in a Haunted Hotel?
Aside from the Bay of Plenty, there is another place where the sunshine hours are plentiful with brown sugar-coloured sand beaches.
Ahhh, food. It is a subject dear to many people's hearts and souls. Especially mine! It brings people together in wonderous and in not so jolly times. Perhaps one feijoa ice-cream at a time. Let me share with you a few snippets about just a few old-style local kai [food] that seems to be still… Continue reading Eat like a local: Kai with Soul
Spring in the UK and NZ.
A few days ago was the 126th anniversary of women in New Zealand achieving the right to vote. It was also my first week back volunteering at The Elms/Te Papa after a few months away. I tend to arrive early to enjoy a walk around the gardens and familiarise myself before any visitors are welcomed… Continue reading NZ Women’s Suffrage – A Tauranga Connection
Life at No. 22 