I noticed Miss Tasha when it opened. But for quite a while I kept walking past – I wasn’t sure what it …
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Boring weekends, I’d sometimes head around the block to a little bakery in Danfeng St. I’d pick up a little selection of …
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ForestsTravelTravel stories
Once a Vast Forest – Motatapu Track, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleEarly on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Miocene Swamp Forests of St Bathans, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe white sands and muds surrounding Blue and ‘Grey’ Lakes at St Bathans were laid down in a braided river (Manuherikia Group; …
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History/ArchaeologyTravelTravel stories
The Day I Walked Around the Roman Empire
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhen Emperor Constantine woke up on May 28, 1453, it would have been to the depressing thought that it was likely his last …
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Ah, the eternal quest for a kiwi in China to find …. cheese. I foraged far and wide, and finally, one evening, …
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Everyone warned me about Chinese New Year in Nanjing. I listened, sure, but I guess I couldn’t believe that it would be …
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I have an innate hatred of supermarkets. The faster I can get in and out of them, the better. But the big …
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Cheap Eats Nanjing
Cheap Eats Nanjing 19 – vegetarian at the Jiming Temple
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe Jiming temple is our neighbour at NIGPAS ( the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology). I can see them out my …
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New Zealand paleobotanyNew Zealand plant fossils
New Zealand’s Rata and Pohutakawa – riders of the Miocene storms?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThere is a Maori legend than when one of their ancestral canoes (the Te Arawa) approached New Zealand after traveling from its …
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