The deck
While the concrete slab was heated up to almost 30°C to dry before the timber floor can be glued down, nobody wanted to work inside.…
Category: A new life in NZ (2014-now)
At the neighbor’s house
I think we can call ourselves incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to rent the house just opposite the fence to our building site. The…
Drainlayers
Quite opposite to European building practice, the rain- and wastewater pipes are laid once the house is almost finished and the scaffold is gone.
Way back home
We had an awesome week in Golden Bay and we managed to stay offline for a full 7 days! We didn’t even turn on the…
Tomatea point
Funny name for a bunch of houses along the road between Farewell spit and Collingwood. And a good spot to view all sorts of sea…
Pillar point
A short 30 min walk up to the lighthouse between Cape Farewell and the start of the Farewell sandspit.
Spit Track Circuit via Triangle Flat
A very nice early morning walk through multiple sheep paddocks with many many baby sheep at this time of the year. Next stop on the…
Golden Bay Machinery & Early Settlers Museum
What to do on a rainy day? Check for museums! (As museums are usually really worth visiting in NZ.) We didn’t arrive with high expectations on that…
Whanganui inlet
The Whanganui inlet is the northernmost large inlet on the west coast of the south island. A beautiful landscape but only to be accessed via…
Kaihoka lakes
If you turn right at the Whanganui inlet, the gravel road ends at the Kaituna lakes. A picturesque secluded spot of native forest in the…