Portraits from Geelong
I stuffed quite a bit of photography into my brief time in Geelong - both during the conference and after it! A lot of what I've been doing this year…
I stuffed quite a bit of photography into my brief time in Geelong - both during the conference and after it! A lot of what I've been doing this year…
I packed so much into the last week or so that it felt like much longer! A long-planned reunion in Dunedin combined with the BirdsNZ conference in Te Anau made…
This photograph of a Southern Royal albatross and a Black-bellied Storm petrel is one of my favourite images. Not because it's a particularly stunning image, it's quite ordinary in every…
Merry Christmas everyone! This time, I'm not going to write trip logs, nor will my blog be in chronological order. We're starting with one of the places I was absolutely…
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E I forgo the hike across Campbell Island, having smashed my knee quite thoroughly on the New Year's Eve hike, and wanting to spend more time with the Southern…
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E Around midmorning, Campbell Island appears as faded blue teeth on the horizon, snaring clouds and floating in and out of sight. I've slept late, photographed birds, and spent…
50° 31’S 166° 17’E We're back on Enderby Island for the afternoon, as the weather is preventing us from landing at Ranui Cove, the site of the old Coastwatchers hut. I…
Being mired in the demands of exams, Edin invited me to author a guest post for her blog this week. It is an opportunity I am privileged to accept as…
It has been a lot of fun sharing the first part of the subantarctic adventure I went on earlier this year. If you've missed any of the posts, you can…
52° 32′ 24″ S 169° 8′ 42″ E - 46° 35′ 30″ S 168° 20′ 0″ E Campbell Island is vanishing behind us. There are birds in our wake, skimming the rising swells. The cliffs of the eastern coast…
What's cuter than a baby grebe? FOUR BABY GREBES! This is high up on the list of favourite wildlife encounters of the year. Sitting on the shore of Lake Wanaka…
A few weekends ago when I was home and the weather was dismal, we headed to Mount Maunganui to walk the base track. We arrived to rain, which cleared, then…
There's nothing I love more than falling asleep to the plaintive hooting of Moreporks. It's something that speaks of home to me - we live near a forest and they…
I really don't like the name Oystercatcher. It's not so much a name as a feeding strategy, and Oysters don't really require a lot of catching, as they are largely…
I can't say I ever expected to chase Flamingos around a golf-course. I can now retrospectively add it to my bucket list though, because it was quite fun, and I…