Day 7: Queenstown
Day 7: Queenstown Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown, New Zealand Wanaka, like Greymouth, was a stopover on the way somewhere else, but somewhere I could quite happily have spent more time. Today we had to get to Queenstown, which was only about an hour away, for another two-night stay. Our...
Day 6: Rain, rain go away
Day 6: Rain, rain go away Wanaka, New Zealand Wanaka, New Zealand Today was a long long day. The rain that had started late yesterday afternoon was showing no signs of letting up, and we were glad we’d been able to do the helicopter ride yesterday instead of waiting...
Day 5: Flying high
Day 5: Flying high Fox Glacier, New Zealand Fox Glacier, New Zealand We’d picked up a brochure for the glacier helicopter flights from the motel reception when we checked in last night. The motel has a deal with one of the companies, so their prices were a little cheaper...
12 of 12 May 2015
Better late than never . . . Today was forecast to be a day of wild weather, with severe weather warnings left right and centre. I was home today, which meant I had to make sure the fire stayed alight, that the buckets were under the right place in...
Walk In Her Shoes Challenge: Day 2
Day 2 of the Walk In Her Shoes challenge and the weather forecast wasn’t looking promising for getting out and walking a lot. It was still fine in the morning though, so I wanted to do as much as I could before the rain arrived. On this morning’s walk...
Holiday Day 2 (Part 2): Cradle Mountain
If you know anything about Tasmania, you’ll probably have heard of Cradle Mountain. It’s one of our most well-known landmarks and is a hugely popular area for visitors. I’d not been there since I was in high school (so you know, about 12 years ago), when our family spent...
12 of 12 february 2014
12 February 2014 was a Wednesday, two days after a Public Holiday. This week is the second week of school and I’m still trying to get myself back into the routines. I’m struggling. 1 of 12 – The sun rose. 2 of 12 – Juniordwarf’s current obsession is the...
12 of 12 January 2014
I was introduced to 12 of 12 by my friend Snuva, who has been doing this for ages. All you do is take 12 photos of your life on the 12th of each month. Some days will be mundane, even boring, and totally normal, others will be exciting and...
12 of 12 December 2013
Thursday 12 December was a pretty ordinary school and work day. 1 of 12 – School bank day. 2 of 12 – Lunch order day (Thursdays we have to remember two things!) 3 of 12 – This flower caught my eye on the way to work. 4 of 12...