The Sea lions of Sandy Bay
50° 31’S 166° 17’E We're back on Enderby Island for the afternoon, as the weather is preventing us from landing at Ranui Cove, the site of the old Coastwatchers hut. I…
Trip Log: Hardwicke – The Enderby Settlement
50° 53' S 166° 21' E Hardwicke - the Enderby Settlement - lasted for just over two years from December 1849 until May 1852. Envisaged as a thriving centre for whaling…
Trip Log: Enderby Island
50° 31’S 166° 17’E Enderby and excitement go together. It was a treasure to spend Christmas day here, and now we're back for another go. I can't wait to show Dad…
New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year 2014
Shared Adventures. Precious Memories.
Being mired in the demands of exams, Edin invited me to author a guest post for her blog this week. It is an opportunity I am privileged to accept as…
Trip Log: Seabirds and the Snares
48°01′S 166°32′E Going over the last trip reports, I discovered that my post on the Snares was over 1100 words - that's a monster blog! To make up for the…
Trip Log: Southbound again
46°48'23.0"S 167°15’42.8"E I’m exhausted. A brief foray back into the ‘real world’ on dry land has left me feeling lost. But now, breathing in the biting air on the stern,…
Underwater at the Snares
While I didn't go underwater at the Snares, my GoPro did - tightly clenched in my fist. An underwater housing for my camera is big on the wish-list, but a…
Million Dollar Mouse – Antipodes Island mouse eradication!
Something very exciting is happening in New Zealand's sub-antarctic this winter. Something that has been a long time coming. Something that will bring us a step closer to an important…
Revisiting Antarctica
How I wish I meant literally. Although at this time of year it would be far less enjoyable! With the southern winter closing in and days getting shorter, I find…
Connect the birds – mist-netting in Auckland
A bird in the hand is...usually quite angry. Especially the larger ones. So when the first bird of the day is a big angry Tui, what do you do? You…
More from Muriwai – People and Landscapes
This post will be photo-heavy and text-light. It's a quick collection of the non-wildlife photos I took while at Muriwai a few weeks (months?) back, which are not things I…
Muriwai – sunsets and silhouettes
I went out to Muriwai recently. I miss seabirds, and the Gannets there are the easiest way for me to get my fix! The chicks are fledging, moulting their fluffy…
Eyes on Wild Pigs in the Hunua Ranges
The Hunua Ranges are just to the south-east of Auckland, a tangle of knife-edge ridges and deep gullies covered in native bush. A few weeks back (more like a month…
Update: What’s next on the blog?
It has been a lot of fun sharing the first part of the subantarctic adventure I went on earlier this year. If you've missed any of the posts, you can…
Subantarctic New Zealand – Revisited!
Let's take a break from the trip logs. They've been great fun to put together, and I will get to the second trip later on. For today, though, I'm just…