Recent trip to Tunnel Beach
Rebecca Moore from Sydney, Australia visiting Tunnel Beach, Dunedin with her grandparents. Wildlife did not disappoint! - Jill Wolfgang
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Flowers on the peninsula
Flowers on the peninsula
Enjoyed a nice drive to Broad Bay on Sunday and spotted these lovely flowers out in bloom. - Philip Hill
Sunflowers in Bannockburn
Sunflowers in Bannockburn
These are sunflowers in full bloom,at the entrance to our home.
New self-publishing course to be held in Dunedin
New self-publishing course to be held in Dunedin
Twenty-first century technology has some definite advantages – and one of these is being able to share your writing with readers, by publishing it yourself.
A night to remember
A night to remember
A Night to Remember 2020 - the Otago Medical Research Foundation’s eighth annual black-tie dinner in the Dunedin Town Hall - lifted the bar again.
Three heads better than one?
Three heads better than one?
Unusual hedge on Eglinton Rd, Mornington, Dunedin. - Ben Pearse
Octagon experience is 'appalling'
Octagon experience is 'appalling'
I am a driver for a tour company catering to the cruise market.
New transport tracking system may not be anonymous
New transport tracking system may not be anonymous
The DCC is installing a system that tracks traffic "by detecting Bluetooth in car devices and tracking them from one location to another. The detections are anonymous and there is no way to...
Long lost relative
Long lost relative
We have been searching so long to find our uncle who we know lived at 16a Irvine Street, Lawrence. All channels we tried we drawn a blank. His name was Freddie George Bell, or George Freddie Bell....
Purakaunui Falls in full flood
Purakaunui Falls in full flood
Rained off for the day in Dunedin while we wait to head to the Elton John concert, what better way to make the most of the bad weather than go waterfall chasing.
Extreme risk for our NZ livestock
Extreme risk for our NZ livestock
We live in a rural environment, we host international and national guests for farm stays and events and more and more of our guests as they move around the country, complain about this really big...
Guardians of Lake Dunstan keen to make a difference
Guardians of Lake Dunstan keen to make a difference
It has been a productive year for the Guardians of Lake Dunstan Committee (GOLD). The AGM in February last year saw Glen Christiansen stand down as chairman after 3 years. Glen, along with his...
Perfect weather for paragliding
Perfect weather for paragliding
Here's a couple of summer selfies I took paragliding over Lake Hawea on Saturday 18th in the spectacular weather.
Tui at Bull Creek
Tui at Bull Creek
Sitting out the back at a friend's bach at Bull Creek, this beautiful tui having a feed off the red hot pokers. - Ann Phillips
Jewelled gecko
Jewelled gecko
After reading about the story in the ODT about reptiles dying after losing their habitat near Middlemarch after the fires, I thought I would share photos of the gecko we saw while hunting in an...
Vigil for the victims of flight PS752
Vigil for the victims of flight PS752
Last week the world was shocked by the devastating news that 176 people lost their lives in the crash of Ukrainian International flight PS752.
Storm brewing over Wanaka basin
Storm brewing over Wanaka basin
Took this shot yesterday on the way home from Lake Hawea, as the weather was closing in. - Philip Hill
Tracing the family of a Dunedin Lancaster pilot
Tracing the family of a Dunedin Lancaster pilot
I'm trying to trace any family of a WW2 Lancaster bomber pilot, F/O John Daniel O'Driscoll, who sadly perished on a initialisation flight with an experienced crew on a raid at Saint Leu d'Esserent,...
New island off the east coast of Otago
New island off the east coast of Otago
This "island" appeared last Friday off the east coast. It's actually an unusual cloud formation -Warrington is the town in the foreground. - Hamish Rennie