Our NZ summer is a letdown. Instead of sunny, dry weather we’re currently getting drizzled on and looking for indoor activities. Fortunately we found Chipmunks. Fortunate in the way only parents could see. But a happy few hours for the children (playing) and the adults (drinking coffee and eating wedges). Then back to family tasks [...]
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So the usual early start courtesy of Seb and Bella. Well, mainly Bella. Since there has been a distinct lack of brunching so far on this trip, we decided to remedy this situation with a visit to the Cosy Cafe. Slightly lame name but they turned out an excellent set of pancakes and an accompanying [...]
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No earthquakes or aftershocks. Or at least none that we felt. Take a look at my twitterfeed site for Christchurch earthquake related tweets and info. A lazy start to the day (if you don’t count getting up at 6am with the children), lunch at home and then into the centre of Christchurch for a look [...]
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Lovely evening in Tekapo; wandering around the lakefront, visiting the Church of the Good Shepherd where Ben and Maree were married last year and getting some dinner at Route 77. Only downside was not turning on the hot water at the house and so we had warm, but not hot, showers in the morning. Small [...]
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We left Dunedin just after 10am and drove up State Highway 1 to Oamaru where we turned left on to highway 83 towards Kurow and Tekapo. If you haven’t driven through this part of New Zealand then I suggest you get in a car, train, plane, boat and get here to do it. Utterly stunning [...]
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A busy final day in Dunedin. It was supposed to start with a visit to the cinema to see Hugo in 3D however I got the screening details wrong (I blame the website) and we ended up on the pavement outside a cinema that stopped showing Hugo the previous week. Cue slightly unhappy son and [...]
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Every time we come to Dunedin we drive down the long and winding road that takes you to the end of peninsula. At the end of the peninsula is Taiaroa Head which is very nice to visit, however the children don’t find looking at oversized seagulls to be very entertaining so we tend to take photos [...]
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Another day in my home town. Started with a swim at the fabulous hot salt water pool at St Clair. Kids had a great time, met a fellow Brit (albeit ex-Australian) and they have a cafe with great coffee. What’s not to like. Then out to the exciting town of Mosgiel which is broadly flat, [...]
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A pretty quiet day in Dunedin. A wander along the St Clair beach, a play at Kettle Park, and a drive around some familiar spots. I grew up in Dunedin – schooled at Arthur Street primary, Balmacewen Intermediate and Otago Boys High school. All good schools that worked hard to educate the mixed bunch that [...]
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Christchurch to Dunedin with a stop at Temuka Pottery. And the Moeraki boulders. Long drive. That’s it.
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