walk on

Saddle Hill normally just sits there, taunting us, playing hard to get. It seems to find it more comfortable to be pined after and unattainable, than to deign to the indignity of openness.

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

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

A southern spring can elicit a childlike joy.

Ross Creek is a reservoir of more than just water.

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

New paths in Omakau provide access to Central Otago essentials.

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

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

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

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

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. 

Wānaka’s Matukituki Valley is almost stupidly beautiful.

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?

There’s a lake, an actual lake, between Balclutha and the coast.