My very talented exchange partner Rosario has made a fantastic video of her Big Blog Exchange experience in New Zealand. I absolutely love it. And I hope you all do too.…
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Christchurch
Each of the destinations that I am visiting are different, but this is different because I know this town through the stories of people who live here some time ago. They deeply love Christchurch and who daily work with the creation…
Yes folks, I’m heading to the bright lights and big city of Melbourne in October. As much as I have come to love New Zealand, Christchurch is just too small for me especially post-earthquakes. I long for the hustle…
NAME YOUR FAVOURITE…. Play you’ve directed: The latest one – Much Ado About Nothing! Tool of the trade: The Actor and the Target by Declan Donnelan Material possession: DVD collection Piece of advice: Never start a land war…
I came across some really pretty vintage travel posters today so I thought I would share some of the New Zealand ones with you. …
Probably the most famous icon of where I currently live is the cathedral that stands in the square in the city centre of Christchurch. It’s image is used just about everywhere, from the city council logo, to snow globes and…
NAME YOUR FAVOURITE…. Song to groove to: At the moment its ‘Get Innocuous!’ by LCD Soundsystem Play you’ve seen or acted in: My favourite play I’ve acted in was the first ever performance of Thomas Sainsbury’s ‘The Christmas Monologues’ in…
On Saturday night I went along to the opening night of Calendar Girls at The Court Theatre in Christchurch. Having grown up in the UK, I was familiar with both the true story and the film adaptation. I really…
Last weekend I went along to the Chinese Lantern Festival in North Hagley Park. This annual event is usually held in Victoria Square but due to the Earthquake and the CBD still being cordoned off, the location was changed to…
I was contacted by a photographer who was an organising a worldwide event. The Equinox Project was a photographic experiment, that involved many people from all over the world (from New Zealand to Alaska) photographing on the actual moment…
Christchurch Cathedral It’s 500 days since Sept 4th 2010 (the night of the first big 7.4 earthquake) and Cantabrians (i.e. us) have endured 9500 quakes (and counting), which equates to about one quake (of magnitude 3+) felt every four…
NAME YOUR FAVOURITE: Song to groove to: I wanna dance tonight – Lucy Pearl Tool of the trade: A mic, mic stand, a rockin outfit and sunnies. Material possession: Boots and more boots. Piece of advice: You are in…