So as mentioned, after staying in Vernazza we took the train to Pisa to see a crooked tower and also we took the opportunity to take a day out in the beautiful city of Lucca.We were so close to Florence but didn’t have the time to do that city justice, next time. So, here are […]
Catching up on the past: Cinque Terre
Easter 2008 saw us take a brief holiday to the Cinque Terre region of Italy. We did a lot of walking on the trails between the towns of Monterosso al Mare and Riomaggiore and had a great time. We based ourselves in Vernazza and quickly got into a habit of heading down to a little […]
Sun, Surf, stones?
With a break in my shifts and some nice weather I got out early in the morning to see what the sunrise would look like from Wainuiomata beach. The beach pretty much faces south, not so good for sunrise perhaps, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway. The morning was cold and driving […]
All Whites!
Looking forward to the game in a few hours (All Whites vs Paraguay in the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa, for those under a rock), realistically NZ need a win from the game to proceed so they’re going to have to be more adventurous than the first couple of games. Seems like an […]
Catching up on the past: Cambodia
Continuing the effort to get more of our travel photos online I have uploaded a set from our time in Cambodia (many of which have appeared on the blog during the Cambodia travel entries). Here’s a shot which hasn’t appeared here before, taken on a boat trip in the Ream National Park. Photo by Brendon […]
Penny Cat
Penny isn’t doing so well up in Whangarei, she’s been at the vet for a few days now and has thyroid problems. Hopefully the vets will sort her out and she’ll be back at home with Keryn’s parents soon. Here are a few Penny photos from happier days. Photo by Brendon & Keryn Relaxing Photo […]
New, old photos
I’ve been uploading photos that we used to display in the gallery on 2kiwis to our flickr account, the latest set our final days travelling in the UK before leaving on our six month journey back to NZ. Looking at the photos I’ve got left to upload I realised that there are quite a few […]
Entering competitions
I’ve been entering a few photo competitions today, specifically the Landscape Photo competition on the Burrard-Lucas photography blog and the Travel Photo competition on Darwin Wiggett’s site. The entry for the Darwin Wiggett compeition is below. Now I really should get outside given the great weather. Children running up the stairs of their home in […]
A week of rain
The last few weeks have been pretty wet, though thankfully the Wellington region has been largely free of the flooding occurring in other parts of New Zealand. We’ve been getting out a little bit and went in to town one cold and wet evening to see Mel Parsons play at Bats Theatre. Bats is a […]
East Coast Holiday: The Kaituna River
Leaving Whakatane we had one last leg to the holiday, driving to Hamilton. Camping now done with we decided to eat out and had the unfortunate experience of eating at a place called Cafe Surfside. My pancakes were ok (if rather too much for me to finish) but Keryn’s french toast was terrible, a case […]
NZ Photographer magazine
I have written an article in the latest NZ Photographer magazine which you can sign up for here (it’s free): http://www.nzphotographer.co.nz/ (and there is the requisite facebook page as well). The article covers tips and tricks for discovering photographic locations, titled “Hidden Photos: Discovering Locations”. You can read issue 15 of the magazine containing the […]
East Coast Holiday: White Island
We figured seeing as we were going to be in the area we should try to go out to Whakaari/White Island, which is very much a weather dependant activity. Luckily for us the weather held out and the trip we were booked on sailed as intended. We took the journey with White Island Tours and […]