Progress around the house
Look, how winter in New Zealand looks like! 15-20° during the day, occasional frosts at night. June in Motueka.
Category: A new life in NZ (2014-now)
Lantern Festival
Now that Winter Solstice is upon us, days seem longer, warmer – may Winter always be that nice :)
The pump shed
This project stretched over a couple of months, as there was always ‘something’ missing to continue. Originally I planned to only use leftover timber from…
Garage foundations
Well, we need a garage. All our garding stuff is stacked on the deck and around the house, and the bikes don’t get any better…
Look, I’ve found a water melon!
Winter solstice is just a few days ahead and guess what we just ‘found’ in an overgrown corner of our veggie garden: A perfectly ripe…
Autumn holidays! Day 9: Cape Palliser
The south-eastern corner of the North Island is a little bit out of hand, but it’s very rewarding to go there, especially in pleasent weather and…
Autumn holiday! Day 8: Masterton – Castle Point
My personal highlight of this road trip. The day-trip from Masterton over to Castle Point. We’ve been there 3 years earlier and we had the same…
Autumn holidays! Day 7: Wairarapa
Fortunately not our motel (but a nice building in the middle of nowhere): The longest place name in NZ: An unassuming hill known as “Taumata…
Autumn holidays! Day 6: From West to East – Whanganui to Hastings
Virginia Lake in Whanganui: A very nice early morning walk around the lake. But they seem to have a serious problem with algae (and thousands…