Mystery and history surrounds Farewell Spit With several New Zealand places on the ‘must-do’ list, I discovered there’s much more to the South Island’s fish hook and a simple life in Collingwood. While doing some research prior to ticking Farewell Spit off my bucket-list of …
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Redwoods and Rotorua – a Weekend Retreat
When friends from Gisborne, Napier and Tauranga looked to catch up for their annual get together, Rotorua came up trumps. For several reasons. Living less than an hour from Rotorua for some years now, you’d think a jaunt to this tourist mecca every so often would be in …
A Walk in the Park
Knocking off an Australian Great Walk wasn’t exactly what I had in mind when asked to take sneakers to the Sunshine Coast. After hearing New Zealand is looking to charge overseas visitors who undertake any of its ‘Great Walks’, I almost wish Australia had thought about doing it some …