Dorothy – 22/10/99 The Mount Pleasant Bluffs Track offers an interesting walk and great views. It takes about two hours one way. It is part of the Crater Rim track which extends along the Port Hills above the Summit Road from the top of Gebbies Pass in the south to Godley Heads in the north…
Zela Charlton – 23/7/99 Have you been to Northland or do you know it only from press and TV reports? Zela Charlton gives us her view on the area. When do the media notice us? Recently Whangarei was in the news. There was flooding in the town and also in other parts of Northland, so…
Sister Leonie O’Neill – 16/7/99 Up! Up! and Away!! It was 3.32 a.m. on Christmas Eve … 3.32 a.m.! The phone shrieked urgently. I was awake in a flash! “Up, up and away! A perfect morning for flying, Sister. Be at the George Hotel at 4.30 a.m.” Normally my body clock is slow in the…
Dorothy – 2/7/99 So you are planning to drive south from Christchurch. If time is an issue of course you will follow State Highway 1 and join the busy flow of traffic on the main route. In clear weather you will see the foothills of the Southern Alps in the distance on your right. Why…
Dorothy – 28/5/99 Travel Clubs – groups for those who travel and those who are interested in the world beyond our islands. An Air New Zealand advertisement used to call itself “the airline of the world’s greatest travellers” – a claim that may be hard to substantiate statistically. However that may be, few countries would…
Dorothy – 16/4/99 Farm passes to Trustees in 1943. As an interim measure while members of the family were still alive the farm was run by trustees. It had become run down because it had been leased out with no overall management plan for the land. Under the management of the Trustees the dairy herd…
Dorothy – 9/4/99 Charteris Bay viewed from a walking track on the Port Hills. Orton Bradley Park on the far side of the harbour is to the right of the houses with Mount Bradley at the top of the Park. Photo source Peter Hunt Where is the Park? Orton Bradley Park is in Charteris Bay…
Dorothy – 29/1/99 A tiny dot on the map but a fast developing holiday centre How did we find it? We were driving from Greymouth to Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand and had not brought our usual thermos flask of hot water, tea and coffee. It was a…
Dorothy – 23/5/98 One of the places that gives Christchurch the name, ‘The Garden City’. Go to Mona Vale on any fine day and you will find people of many nationalities enjoying the beauty and serenity of this place. Why is Mona Vale so popular? The Mona Vale homestead Photo source – Nina Proctor (Click…
Dorothy – 30/1/98 Day or half day walks The Peninsula Nature Walk (1.5 to 3 hours) If you want to build up your fitness gradually I would recommend that you start with the Peninsula Nature Walk. The track follows the shore of the peninsula, and is undulating and easy walking. The views of the lake…
