Jess and Bonnie, the 2 black labs at the cottage we’re renting, smell food through sealed packaging at 300 metres. I swear.
…empty. The Origin Pacific passenger terminal at Nelson airport. Origin Pacific was an airline owned by one of the local influentials that had been struggling since it started competing against…
…next to Gillian Orange and Annette Blue. That’s what they wrote down when I asked them to emerge from anonymity for NTNDP/MDP when I photographed them at Basecamp, a serious…
> The Moutere Inn has valid claims to fame. The oldest pub in New Zealand. Tick. 12 local beers on tap. Tick. Good food. Tick. Cool owners. Tick. Folk night…
> Retailers pretty much everywhere are having a tough time and the Richmond Mall is no exception. The ONLY record store in town is gone to be replaced by YET…
> …. Big City village. A dimly-lit Mapua Wharf. The “Rak” appears to have departed for ports unknown….
> Been a bit damp around there for the last few days and these animals being paraded through the streets 2 by 2 have me a bit worried. And…
Trying to get these three to stand still and pose sensibly for a photo is like herding cats. And when you think you’ve got it, there’s the “Oh, I…
> This is so direly sad that even the sale notice is tearful. Jay Farnsworth’s exquisitely elegant and stylish “REDGallery” on Bridge St is closing at the end of…
> Pinboard at the Upper Moutere Store.
> The Zumo Café gets better all the time. Not only do they now serve my double espresso in a REAL espresso cup, they also have the “New Yorker”. People…
> When Mum & Dad visited me in the UK, the first thing that Dad wanted was a cup of tea. “Thank GOODNESS for REAL TEA” he said “Pan American…
> This captures Meg of Nelson Daily Photo fame as well as any photo I’ve seen. Even if I say so myself. Cheeky as always, glint of a smile…
> The Eurofighter Typhoon was designed with what they call relaxed stability (the tendency of an aircraft to change its attitude and angle of bank of its own accord)…
> I can’t. Late summer evening on Kina Beach at low tide.
> Ross Johnston takes old sawblades, car springs, files and circular saws and turns them into objects of true beauty. He sells them on the Nelson Market on Saturdays. He…
> All I ever wanted to be was an artist. Of course, life’s not that simple. So, before launching my career in 1999, I slung whiskey, taught wikd and wooly…
> Go to the Moutere Inn on the first Thursday in the month and you’ll experience Folk Night. We counted 22 folks, playing everything from acoustic guitars to…
> The Canterbury Crusaders had already dedicated their game against the New South Wales Waratahs to November’s Pike River mining disaster before Christchurch’s earthquake hit and their stadium was damaged.…
> Not as good as this? Thought so…… View from the place we’re staying at in Mapua. Alternative view. To be honest, I think I prefer this one….
> Our young friend Stefan Miller at Fresh Choice in Richmond on his first day as barista at the new takeaway coffee bar they’ve set up at the entrance…
> Date and orange scone Given the current state of the housing market in New Zealand (a brief period of fiscal sanity and buyer reticence before the next feeding frenzy…
> If you’ve played for the All Blacks, you’ve pretty much got it made in New Zealand. “Deification” doesn’t come close. I’ve known 3: “Snow” White, who lived down the…
> The Moutere Inn is New Zealand’s oldest pub. Built in 1850. It was a place to avoid for the longest time – motorcycle gangs used to hang out there,…
> The Fresh Choice supermarket in Richmond gets a big tick from me. Good range of product, nice people and a stunning wine department run by David Jones. Seriously nice…
> Along with thousands of other Cantabrians, the Canterbury rugby team, the Crusaders, is homeless. In the great scheme of things and in comparison with the unspeakable sufferings of…
Legend has it that Nelson is the home to more Morris Minors than any other place in New Zealand. (Nelson also has 2.2% of the population and 17%…
Here I am, stuck in Meg and Ben territory (and being studiously ignored by Meg, who should perhaps check her cellphone..) suffering blue skies, 18ºC and sitting in the Boatshed…
> Kitty and Charlotte go to Nelson Intermediate. If you’re lucky, you’ll experience them singing acapella on Trafalgar Street in Nelson. They’re really quite good. If you hang around and…
> Now, is the “Boatshed” the restaurant or would that be the “Boathouse”? And where do they have Friday night concerts and open a café during the week at…
> Fresh Choice is a small supermarket group with one location in Nelson and another (much nicer) one in the Richmond Mall. They support local producers. Not because it’s trendy…
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