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...

Rarotonga – our favourite tropical island

January and time for Rarotonga!  What a great way to relax and get ready for a brand new year.  This time, we did very little except read, sleep, cook a little, eat, and swim. The weather was beautiful and the place we were in was spectacular.

Christmas 2023

Family Christmas at Schiscka House in Wenderholm regional park.  Visits from Jillian and the family on the 23rd, Trish and Rob also on the 23th, and Andrew on the 24th – nice social time! Christmas Day itself was fairly quiet but still lovely.  We were spoilt...