History, Life at No.22, New Zealand

A Tour Guide at The Elms/Te Papa

Today is the day I get to do a few more hours at The Elms. The time I thought to share a few snippets about this fascinating piece of history in Aotearoa. Starting from the beginning of how the Mission established itself. The Background Let's take a glimpse back to around the 1880s where there… Continue reading A Tour Guide at The Elms/Te Papa

Art Galleries, New Zealand

The Dunedin Public Art Gallery

We were fortunate on more than one account with our time spent in Dunedin.  One of those moments was having the opportunity to visit the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.  It was time well spent with good friends. The Art Gallery's latest exhibitions draw together 23 works from New Zealand and Australian collections by major Chinese… Continue reading The Dunedin Public Art Gallery

America, Travel, Walks

Serendipitous Pavement Art – New York

We were celebrating our second year as full-time housesitters in Europe with a "treat" trip to New York on our way to visit folk in NZ for a few weeks.

Snapshots of Tauranga, Walks

The Majestic Kauri Trees on the Tuahu Track

This tramp saw me and a couple of other women head into the surrounding bush of Sentinel Rock

Musings, Walks

Hiking the Whakarewarewa Circuit

The Redwoods would be the beginning of our hike, leading over the Whakarewarewa Forest and past a few lakes.