ABOUT US



ABOUT US
We are from Cornwall, England.
We love to travel and to explore places in a campervan. We find wide open spaces exhilarating
and do lots of walking. Show us an accessible hill or mountain and we want to go up it.
We like watching birds but are not twitchers. To be honest Lawson is more into bird spotting than me but what I find amazing
is the diversity of birdlife, and the fact birds of all sizes continue to live side by side with us humans. So, in the course of our explorations
we may make a detour to the local dump because more often than not it will be one of the best places to see birds.
We are sure New Zealand will not disappoint us when it comes to birds but what about other wildlife and natural wonders?
Will we encounter anything to beat the sight of polar bears on sea ice at the North Pole?
And what will we think of the house at Paraparaumu that Ron and Vivien have built? All will be revealed.......

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Rakaia Gorge

Travelling south we spent the night of Monday 10 February at a campsite in the small town of Rakaia, and were then well placed for a long walk the next morning in the gorge formed by the river of that name.
The Rakaia is one of NZ's many braided rivers. This means a river which has divided into lots of different sections, or braids, as it flows over wide gravel beds.
The colour of the water reminded me of the china clay pits around St.Austell, and the reason for it is the same in both places - suspended particles.  In NZ glaciers grind stone into minute, invisible particles which are suspended in the water and reflect the sunlight.



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