Suzanne's Reflections on Life and Travel from New Zealand and Beyond.
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.
What a fun name, we thought. It tickled our fancy and ignited that playfulness side of us.
Queensland Roadtrip Pt4 After leaving The Daintree Rainforest area, we headed south and inland. It was a long scenic drive down to the Atherton Tablelands. After making camp in Atherton itself, we were in the centre of most places we wanted to explore. This is the first of many moments we enjoyed in this area.… Continue reading Have you been to Yungaburra?
One of the attractions we wanted to see before reaching Cooktown's coastal town is the Black Mountain, Kalkajaka, "place of the spear", National Park. Kalkajaka is literally a disappearing mountain. It's steeped in myths and legends. This ominous mountain loomed over us as we entered Cooktown, which is a well-revered mountain for the Kuku Yalanji… Continue reading Queensland Roadtrip Pt 3 – Cooktown
Life at No. 22 