Adelaide for Easter

We are lucky enough to be back in Adelaide and this time for 9 days and 9 nights.  Spreading our time over Adelaide Hills and the city with a quick trip to Kangaroo Island. No power at home due to a tropical cyclone – crazy weather.  Adelaide is a bit of a...

April’s trip to see Mum in Temuka

Nice weekend with beautiful weather and Mum was feeling better! It was the 2025 Road of Remembrance at the Temuka RSA on Saturday and then a beautiful Sunday with a visit to stunning Caroline Bay. All in all, a lovely time and so good to see Mum...

Hot and steamy Singapore

Landed in Singapore for the first part of our trip and stepped off the plane into tropical heat!  It was a great feeling after the cold in Christchurch the week before we left. The hotel, Intercontinental Singapore, was a beautiful Peranakan-style setting in a great...

Baileys Cottage – Mahurangi

And just like that….it’s our 30th wedding anniversary.  1994 until now and look how much we’ve achieved!  Baileys Cottage up in the Mahurangi East regional park has been a special place for us for a number of years.  We used to come with the boys...