Northern Buller's albatross, Chatham Islands
The Wave
"Sometimes, a day will so utterly change you, that when you look in the mirror at the end of the day, there is someone you do not wholly recognise yet…
Returning home
All adventures come to an end, and it's often not easy to leave the wilds behind to come home. On Monday the 5th of December, I flew home from Dunedin…
Preparing for a Subantarctic Adventure
On Wednesday the 16th of November, I hopped on a plane and headed for Invercargill to begin another subantarctic adventure. I'm beyond excited, and by the time you read this,…
Quiet joy in wild places
This blog is hard for me to write, but I feel that I need to nonetheless. I’ve been mulling it over for a month or so now, since I found…
Eastern Rockhopper penguins, Auckland Island
NZ Geo Finalists!
For those of you keeping up with us on Instagram, you'll know that both Dad and I have photos as finalists in the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year…
Trip Log: Homeward Bound
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E - 46°59'96"S 168°34'57" E We're at sea for two days, rolling continuously. I've forgotten what upright is, because we only get brief snatches of it on our way to…
Trip Log: Megaherbs and Breeding Birds
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E I forgo the hike across Campbell Island, having smashed my knee quite thoroughly on the New Year's Eve hike, and wanting to spend more time with the Southern…
Trip Log: Campbell Island
52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E Around midmorning, Campbell Island appears as faded blue teeth on the horizon, snaring clouds and floating in and out of sight. I've slept late, photographed birds, and spent…
Trip Log: Musgrave Inlet
50°39’S 166°10’E Bull kelp tangles the propellor of the zodiac, turning the steady hum into a choking grind. Martin, New Zealand Sea lion expert and our current zodiac driver, throws…
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…
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…