November 19, 2023 Yesterday we came home. According to Google the whole nine yards from New Plymouth to Carterton should take 4 hours and 25 minutes via State Highway 3, or 5 hours and 10 minutes via State Highways 3 and 1. We took seven hours, and I am not sure exactly where we went … More Rules
17 November, 2023 It was raining when we woke up this morning, but that didn’t spoil the day. Started with breakfast at Chaos (our new favourite cafe), and then straight to the Govett Brewster in time for the 11.30 showing of the Len Lye kinetic sculpture Storm. Seeing the current Len Lye installations was a … More From Len Lye to Tupare
November 17, 2023 Well, it is raining today. Not unexpected. If anything, we thought the rain would set in yesterday. It was a good choice to do gardens yesterday and to leave the gallery until today. I can’t recall ever having described gardens as a good choice, but there you go. Describing gardens as a … More Gardens . . . and Len Lye
November 16, 2023 We visited two amazing gardens today, Pukeiti and Pukekura Park. These are big-scale gardens, more akin to botanic gardens, or a New Zealand twist on the grand landscape gardens of England, than the modest suburban gardens I’m used to. Pukeiti is a rhododendron garden set amid acres of temperate rainforest. I had … More Rainforest to rhododendrons
November 16, 2023 On the road again. Feels quite good, though as with the last trip the travel time, each day, is limited to three hours. I don’t enjoy driving as much as I used to. I guess somewhere along the way I got older. I particularly don’t like driving in traffic. I think the … More Small coastal cities
The last time we were in New Plymouth, just before the first Covid lockdown, we were entranced by the Len Lye kinetic sculptures at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery. So when we wanted a short week-day getaway in the limbo time of waiting for possession date for our new home, we decided to check out … More Highway 3 to New Plymouth
November 14, 2023 So here we are, on the road again. This time a short week day getaway to New Plymouth. But still within our self-imposed slow travel restrictions of two to three hours on the road on any one day. This is not an absolute rule, but one we have adopted to ensure we … More On the road again
Off Highway One 