Is it worth going to the Hobbiton Movie Set?
Amidst the green, rolling hills of Waikato is the incredible Hobbiton movie set from Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord…
New Zealand and the Pacific
Sanctuary Mountain – a cage for the outside world
Standing like an island in the green sea of the Waikato wilderness, Sanctuary Mountain is the ultimate nature reserve for native New Zealand flora…
New Zealand caving – Waitomo glowworms and Blackwater Rafting
Hiding deep under the rolling hills of the North Island’s Waikato region are caverns, cave systems filled with the light of a million glowworms…
Mr and Mrs Romance’s guide to Port Vila on Efate Island, Vanuatu
Tell me you don’t like the idea of a Pacific island holiday and watch me laugh in your face! Everyone does. There’s no theory,…
From where you’d rather be – Vanuatu
Here we are again. Monday. But it’s not all bad. Here are some amazing photos of a far-away place that’ll grease the rails to…
Vanuatu’s volcano island: Tanna
The dust on the road was thick enough for us to look back and feel like spacemen. Our footprints, three inches deep, showed us…