Author Archives: Ross

Sea Sand and Sorrow

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Ross

By early March we’d finished work at the Westport motels and had a couple of weeks before our next engagement. We were ready for some time-out. Starting at the North Beach of Westport. There had been big storms and big … Continue reading →

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Will the Real World Please Stand Up

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Ross

After seven special days at Totaranui, it was  time to move on. Back to the Real World – not that Totaranui wasn’t real. Quite the opposite. It is the natural world and over the hill was the wierd world that the … Continue reading →

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Totaranui – The Other Way

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Ross

A couple of days after our walk north from Totaranui we headed south. This is the direction of the main Abel Tasman Track/Walk. We’d spent a few days watching all the people coming and going. Either heading off all fresh … Continue reading →

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Joining Up The Dots – Abel Tasman National Park

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Ross

The fine February weather continued at Totaranui. Next morning was just glorious. Down the beach was the place to be at 7am. Calm and clear. Waves measured in millimetres. No early-morning swim this time – just a stroll…

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Swims at Totaranui Beach

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Ross

After our first sunny-and-windy day at Totaranui DoC camp and golden beach, it rained. It started (as foretold) later on that first day, and rained most of the second day. This was mostly good because it encouraged us to do … Continue reading →

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To the Beach – Totaranui

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Ross

Our busy time at the busy Christchurch motel came to an end. Phew! We then drove north and started a day later at a busy Blenheim motel. Then by early February we were finished for a bit and ready for … Continue reading →

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Mt Peel Revisited – In Christchurch

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ross

Towards the end of our walk around the Christchurch CBD (see previous post) we sought out the earthquake exhibition place to see what it was about. There was a lovely stained glass church window there – or three of them … Continue reading →

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Christchurch Re-Visited

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Ross

Back in Christchurch again after Christmas; back working at the motels out near the airport. We had a chance for a few hours off one day, and headed back to the CBD. We’d done a bus tour a few weeks … Continue reading →

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500 Posts Later – A Bloggy Milestone

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Ross

Crikey! This is the 500th post on this blog thing. It seems like a milestone worth a bit of reflection. This all started back in May 2008 as something to record our motorhome adventures for family and friends to see … Continue reading →

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South for Christmas Shortly

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Ross

Luckily we arranged for a few days off over Christmas when we took on the motel minding job at Christchurch. The job turned out to be fairly frantic, what with having to run a shuttle van to the airport and … Continue reading →

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Christchurch Visited

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Ross

Before we started work at the motels in Christchurch we thought we should finally approach the CBD area which we hadn’t seen since before the earthquakes. We’d skirted around enough times, playing Spot the Chimney and moving on. We’d been … Continue reading →

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Nelson Nice in November

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Ross

The weather down the Marlborough Sounds in November refused to clear up. And the forecast for Nelson always seemed to be “Fine weather with afternoon sea breezes”. So we loaded up the truck, and we moved to Tahunanui…. The Tahunanui … Continue reading →

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Titirangi Bay – On the Fringe

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Ross

We have moved on from November, but there is one more little adventure to mention. While we were down the Marlborough Sounds, we took the opportunity to drive over to Titirangi Bay, north from Kenepuru Sound. We were not sure … Continue reading →

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Alive and Well Out West in Westport

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Ross

I’ve done it again. Got busy on the job(s) and neglected my blogging. We’ve ended up working fairly busily through most of the summer so far. I think I’ve forgotten how to do some of this stuff. Time to get … Continue reading →

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Sojourn In The Sounds – Pt 4 – To Clova Bay

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Ross

Q. What do you call a photographer without a camera? A. Nobody calls a photographer without a camera… We still had a bit more exploring to do on this side of Kenepuru Sound while we were staying at Ohauparuparu Bay.

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