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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
48°01′S 166°32′E The sky is thick with birds. My first sighting of the Snares was at roughly 6am on Christmas Eve, and in the wind-tossed grey blue of morning I…
It’s hard to find words to describe what the last three weeks have been like. Amazing is one. Awesome. Fantastic. Wonderful. Inspiring. Unreal. Taking to the southern ocean to explore…
This blog is brought to you by caffeine fuelled checklists and impending departure dates! It's the last blog before I leave, and I'm spending today writing what will update while…
I’m in Wanaka at the moment, where it is windy and mostly warm. It’s great to get back into the photography groove after exams, and these Australasian Crested Grebes were…
Some of my favourite photographs from this year have been ones with people in them. I've always struggled with landscape photos, and my most successful ones usually include people in…
I'm done! University is over for the year, and I am now free to take and process photos to my heart's content. Like this sweet little Fantail. Found along the…
I got to spend a week at home during study break, which was a nice change of pace. It was also great to get back into the forest and make…
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…
The beginning of Autumn brings cold winds, rain, frost, and fungi. Little mushrooms and toadstools start popping up all over the place, adding little splashes of colour to the forest…