walk on

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Grabbing a nap by a pristine pond

There’s a self-indulgent pleasure in a nap, lying on a couch, cold wind blowing outside.

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Flat out, like a horse on a hillside

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Flat out, like a horse on a hillside

This track starts off seductively easy, a flat, grassy warm up.

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Journey into spring

Swallows Track at Herbert Forest is a two-hour loop through remnant and regenerating native...

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Journey into spring

A southern spring can elicit a childlike joy.

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Up the creek with a dawdle

A grassy walkway at Ross Creek Reserve. Photos: Clare Fraser

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Up the creek with a dawdle

Ross Creek is a reservoir of more than just water.

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Puketapu puts it in perspective

It’s steep and potentially punishing, but also quite dreamy.

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Puketapu puts it in perspective

Hmmm... being human. Sometimes it’s a right pain, isn’t it?

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In Arrowtown’s isolation you’re seldom alone

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In Arrowtown’s isolation you’re seldom alone

"Getting away from it all" suggests a rest from people.

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Tracking Central splendour

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Tracking Central splendour

New paths in Omakau provide access to Central Otago essentials.

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Rock up and be mesmerised

Beating heat from baking hot sun acts as a psychotropic aid and next thing there’s an elephant....

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Rock up and be mesmerised

If your inner child pines to play on the mountain at Dunedin’s Marlow Park, there’s an adult version up the Waitaki Valley.

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Mini adventure on the doorstep

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Mini adventure on the doorstep

One of the benefits of spending summer in Dunedin’s climate is having the place to yourself.

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The glory of Dolamore Park

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The glory of Dolamore Park

The signs are all good for a little forest bathing just outside Gore, writes Clare Fraser.

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Sydney calls

Traffic makes the bridge shake underfoot and overhead.

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Sydney calls

It’s possible to take Sydney in your stride, Clare Fraser finds.

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In no particular rush

A prong earns its place as taonga. Photo: Clare Fraser

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In no particular rush

In winter, Gabriel’s Gully walking track is all distant dog barking and the sad occasional bird call.

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Round and about the boulders

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Round and about the boulders

Recently, a final-year university student said the best thing about studying at Otago is, initially, the partying, but with time becomes the beauty of the area.

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Six reserves and a climb on Oamaru circuit

The hills behind Oamaru are bare and beautiful. Photo: Clare Fraser

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Six reserves and a climb on Oamaru circuit

The hills behind Oamaru have got its back.

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Sycophantic mountains draw you on

Four mountains reveal themselves as you advance up the Matukituki Valley. Photo: Clare Fraser

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Sycophantic mountains draw you on

Wānaka’s Matukituki Valley is almost stupidly beautiful.

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When the time came

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When the time came

Mid last century seems to have been a time of creative freedom. Can you imagine us nowadays sticking a fully functional, illuminated clock on the side of a hill?

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