Friday night on most Kiwi high streets is the busiest of the week on account of the hordes of people picking up their favourite take-away food. It has long been traditionally the one day in the week  when I threw in the proverbial tea towel and treat myself to the... 
For all the planning and good intentions the last week has been wiped out in a fog of sniffles, splutters and full body aches. And to add insult to injury the glorious weather we’ve been basking in for weeks caved in to bring the traditional chilly windy... 
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. 
