As if to punish us for leaving town, the Wellington wind almost blew us off our feet the moment we landed home a couple of days ago. A sharp reminder that for all the wilderness of the South Island Wellington is most definitely wild at heart. After days of empty... 
Being back in Central Otago was like being reunited with an old friend. Â The sort of friend that you strike up conversation as if you had seen them just a short while ago. Â The sort of friend that doesn’t concern themselves with the fact it’s actually... 
It seemed that Queenstown blushed when I lifted the blinds this morning. Â Perhaps the sight of me in my PJs was all too much. 
After the hustle and bustle of Arrowtown Autumn Festival it was so tranquil to take a few minutes to just sit and enjoy the view at Lake Hayes. Â I resisted the temptation to spend too much time trying to make a perfect landscape photograph preferring instead to just... 
Getting a bird’s eye view from a plane reminds you what a largely unspoiled country New Zealand is. Â Miles and miles of empty landscape – the sheer scale of it is mesmerising. Â But this was nothing compared to hugging the mountain to tip into Queenstown,... 