Seeing unfamiliar place names when I arrive somewhere new always sends a thrill through me, tinged with a frisson of fear. It’s an awareness of the unknown, that I could so easily be lost and never find my way home, but also the excitement of so much to explore and so many new things to […]
Tag: Heritage
Hauraki Rail Trail – Te Aroha
November 2022 Another day, another set of squally showers, this time accompanying us to Te Aroha, a small town alongside the trail. Not sure what I expected but it wasn’t a tidy place with well-kept public areas, including a heritage precinct and some lovely parks and gardens. Sculptures made from scrap metal dot the main […]
Hauraki Rail Trail – Karangahake Gorge
November 2022 I like hills. Both cities I’ve lived in have been on and surrounded by hills. Flat land bores me, both to look at – nothing to see except sky – and to walk on. I even like hills in the sea; crashing stormy waves are much more interesting than calm water. Only time […]
Tracy Annenberg 