Muriwai – sunsets and silhouettes
I went out to Muriwai recently. I miss seabirds, and the Gannets there are the easiest way for me to get my fix! The chicks are fledging, moulting their fluffy…
Eyes on Wild Pigs in the Hunua Ranges
The Hunua Ranges are just to the south-east of Auckland, a tangle of knife-edge ridges and deep gullies covered in native bush. A few weeks back (more like a month…
Update: What’s next on the blog?
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…
Subantarctic New Zealand – Revisited!
Let's take a break from the trip logs. They've been great fun to put together, and I will get to the second trip later on. For today, though, I'm just…
At sea – bound for Bluff
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…
Campbell Island – Col Lyall Boardwalk
52° 32′ 24″ S 169° 8′ 42″ E Over breakfast on New Year's Day, I learn that last night the Southern Lights - the Aurora australis - lit up the…
Campbell Island
52° 32′ 24″S 169° 8′ 42″E It's New Year's Eve, and today I have a choice to make. Do I take the hike Alex describes as 'terrible, difficult, you will…
At sea – En route to Campbell Island
54° 29' 59" S 158° 56' 14" E - 52° 32′ 24″S 169° 8′ 42″E The water, the sky, the whole world is bright and clear. Calm seas soothe our…
Macquarie Island – Isthmus
54° 29' 59" S 158° 56' 14" E We appear to have lost Macquarie Island. We know where it is - just a little to the west of us -…
Macquarie Island – Lusitania Bay
54° 42' 00" S , 158° 54' 00" E People have mixed reactions to waking up early this morning. I'm not usually a morning person, but this all goes out…
Macquarie Island – Sandy Bay Revisited
54° 30′ S, 158° 57′ E We hadn’t managed to see everything at Sandy Bay this morning. I don’t remember eating lunch (much like breakfast, too excited), but I’m…
Macquarie Island – Sandy Bay
54° 30' S 158° 57' E The excitement has built and built. Maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by Australians (I'm looking at you, Dave, Henry, and Liz!). The day at…
At sea – En route to Macquarie Island
50°39’ S 166°10’ E - 54°30' S, 158°57' E Being at sea rapidly becomes my favourite time on board the ship. Of course this is mostly due to good weather allowing…
Musgrave Inlet
50°39'S 166°10'E The next morning feels a little surreal. Maybe it’s the weather - overcast with bright rays of sunlight in the distance, or maybe it’s my sea-sickness medication. Either…
Enderby Island
50° 31'S 166° 17'E Christmas morning dawns and we are at anchor in Port Ross, just off of Enderby Island. Enderby is the northernmost island in the Auckland group, and is…