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Lake Rotopounamu…finally!
Posted on October 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

Lake Rotopounamu Latitude: 39.0260°S Longitude: 175.7372°E We’ve been trying for three weeks to get here, but every week the weather is miserable or too many of us are occupied elsewhere. FINALLY, we have made it, and it did NOT disappoint. Not only did we make it but we brought a few others along too…hubbies and […]
Too Hot For LongJohns
Posted on May 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

Week 4: Waitahanui River Latitude: -37.83333 Longitide: 176.5999976 It was too hot for longjohns, but who was to know. It had been a cold wind blowing through us all for a few days, like Winter was nearly here. So we came out to sketch all prepared to ward off the cold drafts that seep through […]
A Great Group of Birds
Posted on May 3, 2018 Leave a Comment

Latitude -38.71068303 Longitude 176.08646320 Week 3 of #360in365. (week 2 was a public holiday here in NZ, being ANZAC Day) Our destination was Kaiwaka Point. To be honest none of us have ever heard it called this, but the map had it named and Uncle Google agrees, so who are we to disagree. Kaiwaka Point […]
Pakira Marae Opening in Waitahanui
Posted on October 21, 2017 2 Comments

A special day was dawning so in the dark we all gathered outside waiting to be welcomed in. The call went out and slowly the crowd moved through. We filed along with them expectant. Ipads and camera flashes illuminating the dark along with fire drums emitting both light and heat. The drone overhead capturing the […]