Today I am delighted to be interviewing a travel blogger who seems to always be getting himself into tragic circumstances, and then writing about it with wit and humour. He doesn’t really need much more introduction than that – I am of course talking about Mike Sowden, author of travel blog Fevered Mutterings. In this […]
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Mighty Mount Cook in photos
Oh New Zealand. How you tempt me. After leaving the west coast and the Queenstown region I thought that was going to be it for mighty mountains. I thought a road trip up the somewhat flat south east coast was going to be the future. But no. You tease me with glorious weather, and force […]
Dunedin in a day
I don’t normally write too much about the cities of New Zealand. This is partly because I’m mostly travelling this country for its epic scenery – which it has in bucketloads – and partly because, if I’m honest, New Zealand cities don’t normally do much for me. Don’t get me wrong. They certainly have their […]
The Catlins
After the majesty and grandeur of the south island’s west coast, the east coast runs the risk of being, well, slightly less mind bogglingly spectacular. Luckily there is plenty to see and do on the road up the coast, starting with the Catlins. The Catlins are situated between Invercargill and Dunedin, the two main towns […]
Milford Sound: Our Complete Guide to Visiting, Cruises and Day Trips
Milford Sound is one of New Zealand’s most spectacular natural attractions, and for most people planning a south island trip, it’s the headline they’re trying to figure out how to actually do. This guide is here to help: when to go, how to get there, which cruise to book, and the bits the other guides […]
The ongoing quest for middle earth
I know I know. It’s starting to become a bit of an obsession. More so than the lighthouses. Even Vera is starting to think I’m getting a bit weird with all this Tolkien searching. But still. Since I’m in New Zealand, and I am a slight Lord of the Rings fan (addicted since I was […]
The Haast Pass and Mount Aspiring
Between the west coast of New Zealand’s south island and the rest of the isle there is a very large chain of mountains known as the southern alps. Getting through these mountains is only possible in a few places, via passes which have been hewn out of the mountains by the glaciers of the past. […]
Glacier Country in Photos
Ah Geography. I remember it well. Teachers with funky patches over their tweed jackets, rambling on about rocks and weather and the importance of using the correct map colouring-in implement. I knew that one day, all that important geography stuff would come in useful. And I am pleased to report, that that day has finally […]
Pancake Rocks and Possum Pie
The west coast of New Zealand’s south island is somewhat less inhabited than many other parts of these two isles, which has led to its locals having a somewhat more, shall we say, frontier approach to life. This is no bad thing. Surviving off the land is a noble effort. And in the case of […]
Arches and whitebait on the west coast
For regular readers, don’t panic, despite the title, there is a lighthouse featured later on in the post. However, today’s lighthouse tale is more of a side jaunt and less the main attraction – the cress as it were on the meat of today’s post sandwich. Because in this post I really want to talk […]