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We made dumplings
Last day in Shanghai and we made dumplings. My finished dumplings We’ve eaten a lot of dumplings over the last week, and in fact ate a significant number more this morning as we toured the different...
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A tui on a tutu in Zealandia
Wellington Harbour We arrived in Wellington after 2am thanks to storms delaying our departure out of Sydney. So we were a bit tired today as we explored Wellington in the wind. We walked the...
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Te Papa and the wind
I think I blame our hotel for the fact I wasn’t blown away by New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa. It’s not a bad museum, but I felt there wasn’t a lot of depth to it. Some good stories, one or two...
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Seal cubs and black sands
Cape Pallister is a bit over two hours drive North and East of Wellington. It’d be faster as the crow flies, but the road system takes you a long way North through a series of hills before heading...
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The other face of Wellington
The weather started clearing on Wednesday evening and we saw another side to Wellington. We had a meal sitting outside at the waterfront surrounded by locals chatting, drinking, eating in the...
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Flying to Tasmania
Sunset over tugboat First time on a plane in almost a year! Flying in the age of COVID was something we approached with a degree of concern. In that sense it’s like something like flying anytime –...
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Queen Elizabeth and a shower in the bush
Setting out We came to Tasmania to walk, and that’s what we did. Well, eventually. First we had another fabulous breakfast – really, if you’re in Hobart go to Daci & Daci Bakers. Apart from...
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Not a cloud in sight at Cloudy Bay
We started our Cloudy Bay walk in the car park at one end of the huge stretch of sand that makes up the beach. Unfortunately, many others did not bother with the parking and drove down the hard-packed...
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High point
Bacon and eggs for breakfast set us up for the relatively short walk up to the highest point on Bruny. The walk was through rainforest and so quite a different feel to the other days. Moss and...
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