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,... 
The long Easter break last weekend was the perfect reason to kick back, enjoy the warm spell and take a break from the never ending list of things to do.  There is a promise of lots more lovely fine weather which is such a temptation to hang out the hammock again and... On Kapiti Island the bird life completely mesmorised me. Closer to home I am cursing the little blighters for taking dust baths in my flower beds and leaving waste on my verandas. For all the momentary annoyance I do feel very lucky to have such a proliferation of... A dose of sunshine does wonders to lift my mood and bring a spring into my step.  No doubt that the sunshine brought a touch of magic to our walk on Kapiti Island a couple of weeks ago. I found myself distracted by the light as it danced through the layers of native... 
