Dashing DiscoveryOctober 7th, 2009
Our latest Land Rover Discovery has arrived and is now safari prepared for many exciting NZ adventures. Our Land Rovers, with the highly efficient Td5 engines, are outfitted with a fully stocked fridge/freezer, picnic hamper, first aid kit, guide books and maps to make the perfect New Zealand Safari vehicle.
Winter Wonders at WhararikiJune 29th, 2009We’ve had the most stunning winter light throughout June making for endless photographic opportunities. It’s so nice to be able to take photos at any time of the day and always feel you’re getting brilliant low light. I’m always drawn to Wharariki beach as one of NZ’s best photographic locations. Incredible rock formations, wind swept wild beaches and plenty of seals. Baby seals are still being feed by mum so are full of life and very playful before being weened in July and having to head out to sea and fend for themselves! I spent 2 wonderful hours watching 15 youngsters frolicking in a tidal pool oblivious to the harsh realities of the months ahead!
Riotous RotoitiJune 11th, 2009I had the privilege of spending a week on camp with Jake’s class of 25 kids at Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park. It was a riot and chaos prevailed throughout as you could imagine! Saying that we all had a fantastic wilderness experience only an hours drive from Nelson. Kayaking, boat trips, mountain walks and fascinating interpretive walks in the the beech forest discovering the honeydew cycle. Scale insects suck sap from the beech trees and excrete sugar rich waste from an anal filament, a long thread that hangs from the tree. This provides a energy rich food supply for lizards, insects and nectar-feeding birds. After all that education a bit of fun was had jumping in the glacial lake!!
Fantastic FiordsFebruary 9th, 2009I’ve just been sent this stunning image of a Real Journeys flight over Doubtful Sound. We use Real Journeys for all our scenic flights in the area and their planes give such fantastic fiord viewing!
Wild Weka!!January 26th, 2009Taken recently from our camp in Abel Tasman National Park where the flightless Weka has become very habituated to camps! Wekas, or woodhens, are members of the rail family which are mainly aquatic birds, all capable of swimming well. Apart from the Pukeko and Weka, rails are secretive birds, usually found skulking in freshwater swamps and estuarine mangroves and reedbeds. The Weka can be both inquisitive and pugnacious and in spite of being cooked and eaten by both Maori and the Pakeha settlers, the species seemed well able to resist the advent of man and his associated pests and remained abundant in many areas, only to vanish suddenly, between 1915 and 1940, from most of the North Island and parts of the South Island. It was abundant in the wider Gisborne region, its one remaining North Island habitat, until the early 1980s when it declined drastically from a population estimated to be approximately 88,000.
Pelorus CampJanuary 26th, 2009
Have just been camping at Pelorus Campsite - the most beautiful glade in stunning forest amongst 60 metre Kahikatea trees alongside the clearest river I’ve seen in years! Days spent walking in the forest, kayaking along the river and swimming in the deep water holes. Even managed a couple of late night walks into the very dark forest to look at glow worms.
World first star gazing for TekapoJanuary 26th, 2009Tekapo is about to become the world’s first night sky reserve. Starlight reserve committee spokesman Graeme Murrey said many places overseas have lost touch with the stars, but the Mackenzie Country still had a pristine dark sky. The reserve, which would be a world first, would ensure NZ would be kept on the astronomy and astro-tourism map. Murrey says that while the reserve has never been created anywhere in the world, he believes the venture will be successful. Murrey says the aim is to have restrictions on lights in the region, to preserve the beautiful night sky that so many in rural NZ take for granted. |
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