It’s October here and it’s finally starting to warm up. It seems like it takes until summer for it to feel like spring. The temperatures can be unpredictable; one day it’s hot and the next day it’s freezing cold. When […]
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Sunday Drive on Mangatarata Road
Not to be confused with my last post about Mangarara Station, we took Mangatarata Road until it dead ended yesterday. My grandfather used to love doing “Sunday” drives, even if they weren’t on a Sunday and seeing where he would […]
Pre-Easter Bushwalk at Mangarara Station
I got an email the other day for things to do in the area and Mangarara Station came up again on my radar. I knew they had a lodge but also read you can walk a 30 minute loop on […]
Cardrona the Hedgehog
Back in late May, I overheard my neighbour’s small child say ‘hedgehog’ while I was out on the patio. Of course my ears perked up and I enquired with her. She brought over a tiny hoglet, curled up in her […]