Blog Feed: Paid to Play in Paradise

A blog about chickens - really!!

Published on 2010-06-03 06:08:00

In an attempt to become a wee bit more green & self sufficient and because the cost of free range eggs is bloody outrageous, we have branched out into the world of livestock wrangling, and have kicked off the collection with four lovely wee hens. > read more

Ode to Lyttelton

Published on 2010-04-27 04:35:00

Shackleton sailed out of Lyttelton harbour on the Nimrod expedition to the South Pole, and I sailed in on the number 27 bus from Christchurch, perhaps my mode was a touch less romantic and I doubt if Frank Wild and Ernest Joyce had two enthusiastical > read more

Drenched Down Under

Published on 2010-03-03 00:35:00

There is a deluge outside the door and the drumming on the roof is almost deafening, The drains keep blocking up with rocks and leaves and half the garden has been washed down into the dam in a rushing river of rain that has hardly paused for breath > read more

The story of a nice van & How so sell your van whilst travelling

Published on 2009-10-01 05:03:00

Tobi bought the van of some Indian gentlemen who were flying out of Vancouver for the paltry sum of $800. By the time our paths crossed and he became part of our merry travelling party, he had already made multiple improvements to her and she was in > read more

Skagway out of Season

Published on 2009-09-18 07:18:00

Bleary eyed we boarded the ferry in Haines and before we knew it we were hopping off again in Skagway, it is only 20 speedy miles by water, but a whole lot longer if you go by road. Now we are never in any real rush and the landscape along the roads > read more

Eagles, Eagles Everywhere

Published on 2009-09-17 18:11:00

We travelled from Alaska to Alaska via Canada and drove down into Haines on high Eagle alert. We had been told amazing tales of how many of these magestic salmon gulping predators there were to be found on this stretch of river and although we were a > read more

Santa's world of Christmas Kitch

Published on 2009-09-15 15:54:00

The lovely guy at the B&B in Fairbanks didn't feel much like making breakfast so instead he gave us a sizeable slab of smoked Alaskan Salmon and a bag of fresh blueberries - which made us very happy bunnies, I do love random wee things like that. > read more

Destination Denali

Published on 2009-09-15 01:46:00

Denali is referred to as the jewel in the crown of Alaska's national parks. Not only does it have the tallest; and most beautiful; mountain in North America, but it also holds thousands of the many amazing animals that make Alaska so famous. Grizzly > read more

Free-Falling Over Volcanos

Published on 2009-09-11 22:22:00

At least twice a week I dream of having wings. So when I threw myself out of a plane at ten thousand feet, the sensation already seemed rather familiar. Having someone strapped to my back was never part of the plan, but apparently the rules are rathe > read more

A Bevy of Bears

Published on 2009-09-10 00:47:00

The first company we called had no space left on their tour, so they transferred us to some of their friends who ran another company, although we didn’t know it at the time, this was the most wonderful stroke of luck and led to a day that was magic > read more

Off On An Alaskan Adventure

Published on 2009-09-05 20:48:00

As the season finished at Lazy Bear in Churchill, we packed up all our well worn clothes and assorted compulsary selection of Beluga memorabilia and jumped into our trusty Plymouth Voyager and hit the open road once more. We have both always been dra > read more

Trains, Planes and Underwater Cameras

Published on 2009-08-26 23:31:00

We have just left fabulous Churchill for the second time, though this time by the speedy flight in a cosy wee Calm Air plane to Winnipeg instead of the previous epic two day train treck, which chugs peacefully along what is reputed to be Canada's wor > read more

Being hustled in a kayak

Published on 2009-08-17 13:14:00

We went out in the sea kayaks today onto a calm river and within minutes they found us, a whole pod of rolling, snorting, gliding, spraying, bubbling belugas, mostly older and pure white, but riding high of the back of some mothers were dark, glisten > read more