This will be a much shorter post than the last as we only stopped in Wanganui for two nights. But it’s worth a mention.
The Wanganui region (population 45,300, with 41,000 located in Wanganui city) is dominated by the mighty Whanganui River, which is the only way to reach the isolated interior of the […]
After Taupo, we started making our way over to the Taranaki region. Located in the mid-western part of the north island, this area is named after the Mt. Taranaki volcano, also called Mt. Egmont, the massive cone of which dominates the landscape (if you’re lucky enough to see it!). This was […]
Well, I am long overdue for journalling about our North Island adventure, but we saw and did so many cool things, that I just have to document it for all our friends and family (and for myself too!)
We ended up spending a week in Lake Taupo township, catching up on sleep and decompressing after our […]
I feel the need to pay homage to our Green Fairy theme camp as we pulled off something quite amazing at Kiwiburn which exceeded all of our expectations. From previous posts, you may have gleaned that we worked non-stop in January getting our theme camp ready for the festival. The official description on the Kiwiburn […]
I was sitting at my desk this morning, looking at my calendar, attempting to schedule some phone calls with friends/colleagues in the US next week and I saw thatDaylight Savings Time (DST) is starting tonight in the US. Huh? I always thought DST in the US occurred in April. Well, a little google search revealed […]