Forests

“This is the Giant Stinger tree – avoid it”. Work place health and safety now out of the way, I could then …

Broken River is a Hell of a place to get to. From Christchurch you need to head inland, driving along the road …

Do we have a submerged ‘Doggerland‘ in New Zealand? In 1950 a boat, the HMNZS ‘Lachlan’ dredged a sample of “lignite” from …

“We’ll follow these guys – they’re three local hoodlums”, This from my local guide on Omatepe Island, Nicaragua. I was sitting behind …

Our Indonesian guide, with a parang (machete) in hand, dropped vertically in front of me, just brushing my face, while out of …

Forests that have disappeared so completely that you would hardly believe they really existed, have long fascinated me.  When I left my …

Early on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …

I was sitting in a ger in Mongolia when I put up my hand to go to Indonesia. My ulterior motive was …

Europe to Australasia is long-haul, and if you are not into heroics, it’s nice to break the journey somewhere. I wonder how …

In Australia there are trees that look like inside-out chimneys. Strong but sensitive – a fungal attack can leave them as a …