Talking About the Weather: A week in a Wilderness Motorhome, Part 2

Join Amelia in the second part of her week-long jaunt around the central South Island in a luxurious Base Jumper Motorhome... Read more...

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Croatia – some tips and tricks

It's time to go home and by home I actually mean Japan - which is extremely bizarre! It's been a great adventure and fantastic to spend time with Dad but I truly do miss my husband. Read more...

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Win with Kelly Tarlton's and Yahoo!Xtra!

It's baby season at Kelly Tarlton's so get down there quick to meet the darling new arrivals and expectant mums and dads. For one month only the spotlight is on Kelly Tarlton's youngest residents, including adorable baby School sharks and Eagle Ray pups and newly-hatched baby Gentoo penguin chicks.

The baby School sharks were born prematurely and are being nursed by Kelly Tarlton's until they're strong enough to make it on their own. ... Read more...

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On the road with Opshop - next stop... memory lane

Neudorf Winery is a good 40 minute drive east of Nelson proper, deep in the heart of wine country. At least I think it's east, all I know for sure was that we were driving to the left for 40 minutes and it felt like east. Read more...

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Day 1: Waikaremoana

Over the next couple of weeks I will be writing about each of the seven Great Walks that I am attempting to run in one very long week - the Mizone 7in7 Challenge as it is now known.

The first track is to be found in the Urewera National Park, one and a half hours south of Murupara, along a very windy dirt road that masquerades as a State Highway. ... Read more...

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When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top..

As I drove from Mobile, Alabama, into the state of Mississippi I had no plans to be heading into Chicago, around 1000 miles directly north, just over a week later.

Certainly I had no intention to move from the coast in the south to the Canadian border in the north.

I could say I intended to follow the path of blues music north, from its inception in the Delta of the mighty Mississippi River to the home of its modern brother, rhythm and blues. ... Read more...

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