This time of year is busy for yellow-eyed penguins. They are molting, replacing all of their feathers at once for a brand new set. This is very energetically taxing and because they are no...
Nugget Point, The Catlins, NZ Day 5- 9 Feb 2019 Saturday After we spent the morning at the Dunedin Farmer’s Market (bacon butties for the win!) and annual Thieves Market (new hats for Mom...
My parents have arrived in Dunedin, NZ! They traveled from Boston all the way to visit me, a feat that I am beyond happy they accomplished. It has been 9-almost-10 months since I have...
While it was great to spend Christmas in the warm and the sun, it didn’t quite feel right. For one, there was definitely no snow, as the week of Christmas was in the 70s...
As of December 2nd, I officially live in a flat in Dunedin! It’s about a half hour walk from my department but closer to town and in a nice little neighborhood. The flat has...
Despite not enjoying a big turkey dinner with family and friends in November, Kiwis do celebrate Black Friday… Sort of. The big stores and electronic stores have sales on and many people venture out...
Saturday Nov 10 a group of 8 from Abbey traveled to Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook for the weekend. We started from Dunedin around 11 am on Saturday. The other car had departed earlier....
Location: Hina Hina Cove, Catlins Date: 10/19/2018 What a place! Besides the very long and a bit challenging walk through private paddocks and over a bumpy, not greatly maintained dirt road, it was a...
Location: Nugget Point, Catlins Date: 10/18/2018 Exhaustion took over so blog posts have been stalled for a few days. But back to it! Our 4th day (Thursday) started with a quick breakfast. We we...
