Jimny Fever: Part 1
Once upon a time a one car family. And nest emptied – still only the one vehicle for a hilly ten-acre block. No tractor, no farm truck, no farm bike, no farm all-terrain-vehicle, and...
Category: Little Owl Gully
The gully’s a mess!
Three or four big bonfires a year are needed to keep on top of the woody messes that accumulate in the gully. Crack willow branches, limbs, sometimes entire trunks come down in wind or...
Magpies
Early spring and the nesting season upon them, two male magpies decided that predatory creatures such as we are, we must be a threat. A neighbour is targeted too when she goes for a...
Marble Hill Campsite and The Little Guy
Located within Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve, Marble Hill is home to one of NZ’s most beautiful DOC camping grounds – a row of sites tucked into beech forest, overlooking a grassy meadow and encircled...
Maruia Hot Springs and The Little Guy*
Part Two: A downside, when you’re wanting to chill out, is finding yourself unable to block out, despite your best efforts, conversations that are going on around you. Having said that, I was interested...
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