PAGES CONTENTS [Topic and Date Published]
- Beacons at the End of the World – 1985 TV NZ Documentary Series [18 May 2025]
- GunnNZ Travels – an Introduction [16 May 2025]
POSTS CONTENTS [Topic and Date Published]
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Posts 2 to 10 – SOUTH ISLAND – March to May 2024
- Post 2 – Week 1: March 11 to 15 – Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre; Kaikoura Whale Watch
- Post 3 – Week 2: March 16 to 22 – Kaikoura; Weka Pass Railway; Charming Creek (Westport); Denniston Incline
- Post 4 – Week 3: March 23 to 29 – Coastal Pacific Train; Castle Hill Tors; Arthur’s Pass
- Post 5 – Week 4: March 30 to April 5 – Brunner; Punakaiki; Hokitika; Fox Glacier; Haast Pass
- Post 6 – Week 5: April 6 to 12 – Queenstown; Cromwell; St Bathans; Otago Rail Trail
- Post 7 – Week 6: April 13 to 19 – Duntroon (Rock Art): Oamaru: Catlins [
- Post 8 – Week 7: April 20 to 26 – Bluff: Monowai: Lake Gunn: Milford Sound
- Post 9 – Week 8: April 27 to May 3 – Piano Flat; Gore; Aoraki Mt Cook; Tekapo; TranZ Alpine Train
- Post 10 – Week 9: May 4 to 9 – Christchurch International Antarctic Centre; Kaikoura; Picton
Posts 11 to 24 – SOUTH ISLAND – January to April 2025
- Post 11 – Week 1: Cross from Wellington to Picton, then visit Marfells Beach, Ward Beach (not seeing the real boulders), Kekerengu Beach and Kaikoura.
- Post 12 – Week 2: Christchurch Gondola, all-day City Tram, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Orana Wildlife Park, Wigram Aviation Museum.
- Post 13 – Week 3: Lake Coleridge Power Station, Duntroon Maori rock art, Geraldine Transport and Military Museums, Dunedin Royal Albatross Centre, Glenfalloch Gardens, Tairei Gorge Railway.
- Post 14 – Week 4: Visit the Rae’s in Mosgiel, Sutton Salt Lake, Hyde Railway Memorial, Macraes Goldmine, walk several sections of the Otago Rail Trail, Wanaka Challenge Iron Man (and Women) event followed by Wanaka Transport and Toy Museum.
- Post 15 – Week 5: Wanaka Puzzling World, Cromwell, Alexandra, Roxburgh, Raes Junction to Tapanui, Gore, Mandeville Vintage Aviation, Te Anau, Doubtful Sound cruise, Lake Gunn, Milford Road, Homer Tunnel, Lake Marion Gantry Walk.
- Post 16 – Week 6: Arrowtown, Queenstown, Walter Peak cruise and Farm Show, Millbrook Resort (NZ Golf Open), travel Haast Pass,
- Post 17 – Week 7: Jackson Bay, Fox Glacier walk, Okarito Eco-tour, Lake Ianthe, Mahinapua Tramway walk, West Coast Treetop Walk, Hokitika Gorge walk, Hokitika Wild Foods Festival.
- Post 18 – Week 8: Arthur’s Pass wheel bearing failure, Christchurch, Kaiapoi Queen luncheon cruise, Christchurch Arts Centre, New Brighton.
- Post 19 – Week 9: Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Christchurch City Library, Glenmark Iron Ridge Sculpture Park, Hanmer Springs Heritage Forest Sculpture Trail, Lewis Pass to Reefton Power Station, Waiuta Historic Gold Town, Blackball Mining town.
- Post 20 – Week 10: Mawhera Pa–Pounamu Pathway at Greymouth, Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, Granity School, Murchison (Six Mile Power Station), Lake Rotoroa, Kawatiri Railway Tunnel, Hidden Garden Sculpture Park, Motueka, Takaka Hill, Ngarua Cave Tour, Te Puia Springs, PuPu Power Station, Pohara and The Grove Limestone Walk.
- Post 21 – Week 11: Abel Tasman Memorial, Waiau Falls, Labyrinth Limestone Walk, Collingwood, Whanganui Inlet, Patarua River Mouth, Mangarakau Wetland Swamp, Wharariki Beach and Archway Islands, Farewell Spit Eco-tour.
- Post 22 – Week 12: Pillars Lighthouse, Takaka Hill, Kaiteriteri, Split Apple Rock, Sea Shuttle Cruise to Totaranui, Riwaka Resurgence (river spring), Mapua Wharf, Nelson Tahuna Beach, Centre of NZ, Founders Heritage Park.
- Post 23 – Week 13: Nelson Classic Car Museum, Suter Art Gallery, Miyazu Japanese Garden, Lord Rutherford Birthplace Memorial, St Arnaud Honeydew walk, Argyle Pond in Wairau Valley, Queen Charlotte Sound Mail Boat Cruise, Havelock, Pelorus Sound Mail Boat Cruise, Ward Beach Boulders (the real ones).
- Post 24 – Week 14: St Oswald’s Church, Kekerengu Beach, Flaxbourne Museum and War Memorial, Seddon combined Railway-Cycleway Bridge, Grassmere Saltworks, Waihopai Valley Power Station and Byrons Monument (not quite reached), Beachcomber Cruise to Ship Cove and Cook Monument.
Post 25 – A WEEK in MELBOURNE – 17 to 23 February 2024
- Saturday 17 February -Travel Auckland to Melbourne
- Sunday 18 February – Museum; Federation Square and NGV; Eureka Tower Floor 88
- Monday 19 February – “Dinos Alive”; St Kilda
- Tuesday 20 February – Queen Victoria Market; ARTVO at Docklands; Laneways Art Murals; Evening Cinema at Federation Square
- Wednesday 21 February – BBC Earthe Experience; Yarra River Cruise; Groundhog Day Musical at Princess Theatre
- Thursday 22 February – NGV Triennial Exhibition
- Friday 23 February – Travel to Auckland via Air NZ
Post 26 – ADELAIDE, THE GHAN and DARWIN – 26 July to 17 August 2024
- Saturday 26 to Tuesday 30 July (Adelaide – Glenelg, Rundle mall, Adelaide Arcade, Central market, State Library and Museum)
- Wednesday 31 July to Friday 2 August (The Ghan Adelaide to Darwin – Marla sunrise, Alice Springs and Standley Chasm, Katherine and Nitmiluk Gorge)
- Saturday 3 to Friday 9 August (Darwin – City and Harbour dinner cruise, Deckchair Cinema, Military Museum, Aviation Museum, Royal Flying Doctor Service, WW II Oil Storage Tunnels, Chinese Temple, Crocosaurus Cove crocodile aquarium)
- Saturday 10 to Tuesday 13 August (The Ghan Expedition Darwin to Adelaide – Katherine and Nitmiluk Aboriginal Rock Art, Alice Springs, School of the air and Telegraph Station Dinner under the Stars, Coober Pedy )
- Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 August (Adelaide – City, Port Adelaide and Railway and Aviation Museums)
- Friday 16 to Saturday 17 August (home via Air NZ)
Post 27 – HANMER HERITAGE FOREST AMBLE – 20 March 2025
Located at 100 Jollies Pass Road, Hanmer Springs
Post 28 – EXPLORING CHRISTCHURCH CITY MURAL ART – 2025
- Background
- Introduction to Christchurch Street Art
- People
- Faces
- Animals
- Birds
- Environment
- Cityscape
- Patterns
- Weird and Wondrous
- and Finally
Post 29 – A WEEK in CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND – 20 to 28 July 2025
- Kuranda Scenic Railway
- Reef Magic Cruise to Great Barrier Reef
- Skyrail Rainforest Gondola Smithfield to Kuranda
- Great Barrier Reef Scenic Flight
- Cairns Art Galleries
- Cairns Museum and City Bus Tour
- Cairns Aquarium
- Tomb of the Pharaohs
Post 30 – SOUTH ISLAND BIRD ENCOUNTERS 2024 and 2025
- Water Birds – Coastal
- Water Birds – Coastal Freshwater Wetlands and Estuaries
- Water Birds – Rivers and Lakes
- Ground Birds
- Forest and Mountain Birds
- Garden Birds
- Birds of Prey
Post 31 – GIBBS FARM – SCULPTURES in the LANDSCAPE [November 2025]