Winter has started with its usual mixed bag in Wellington – calm, sunshine days that are moderately mild lull us into a sense of ease, before a sudden southerly change hurls us into an abrupt awareness that it is actually the season of winter. Gale force winds, heavy rain, and snow on the distant Kaikoura […]
The swell of the incoming tide sprayed on the rocks by the shore. The sun beat down and the pull of the water, after a bike ride on the south coast, was too tempting to resist. Granddad hung up his bike tour guide hat and exchanged it for his emergency life-guard cap. The water wasn’t […]
Monday, beginning of Term 4, and the waves crashing on Wellington’s south coast held us captivated after school. We sat with hot chocolates at The Bach, Island Bay, and cried out with excitement at each ‘ba doom’ on the rocks. Sophie was a little worried that they were ‘sulami’ (tsunami) waves. And was keener to […]
