Getting our own sheep
When we arrived in NZ we thought getting some sheep would be the first thing to do, but it was a long road until we…
Category: A new life in NZ (2014-now)
Eleven!
Birthday with the family: Birthday party two weeks later with friends at home and at the beach:
Luminate 2015 festival
An eco friendly, family friendly music festival? Yes, seriously. The Luminate key facts: 4000 hippies (and wannabes) camping for a whole week on top of Takaka…
Sea kayak tour – Kaiteriteri to Split Apple Rock
Finally! When we were here the last time, Verena was still too young to participate in a sea kayak tour (minimum age is 8), but…
Abel Tasman National Park
This time we took a sea shuttle from Kaiteriteri to Tonga Quarry and had a nice 2.5h walk over to Awaroa with our Australian guest…
The tree fella
Two massive gumtrees (aka eucalyptus) at the hill top on our neighbor’s site blocked our morning sun, so we kindly asked them if we were allowed…
Container arrival
I guess we have to call ourselves ‘lucky’ because we’ve found a house to rent just next to our piece of (empty) land. The owners…
Rabbit Island
Here we have two rare examples of the local beach fauna:
Cable Bay
Attempted to climb the sheep hill at Cable Bay. Stopped and returned after 15 minutes. Too hot. No shade up there. Three dead sheep on…
Nelson gardens of the world
Always worth a stopover to enjoy the flowers. :)