Southern White Rhino

Southern White Rhino

I took a few snaps on a recent kindergarten trip to Hamilton Zoo. Exhibit number 3: the mighty Rhinoceros. (Click on the image to enlarge to full size.) One more animal to follow...

Meerkat

I took a few snaps on a recent kindergarten trip to Hamilton Zoo. Exhibit number 2: the Meerkat , just before helping himself to a lunch of ants. (Click on the image to enlarge to full size.) More animals to follow over the next couple of...

Ring-Tailed Lemur

I took a few snaps on a recent kindergarten trip to Hamilton Zoo. Exhibit number 1: the Ring-Tailed Lemur. (Click on the image to enlarge to full size.) More animals to follow over the next few...

Good old kiwi bush trip

Just recently I went on a family weekend trip to the Thames coast. We stayed at Dickson Holiday Park, which is on the Coromandel Peninsula only a few minutes north of Thames – remarkably close to home given you feel like you’ve hopped in the time machines...

Tui Central

The Kowhai tree in our front yard has become the local hang-out for the toughest gang of Tuis in town. King Tui arrived about two weeks ago and his posse showed up over the last few days. They’ve numbered close to double figures, although it’s hard to...

Up the mountain

Here’s another of my irregular posts with few words and heaps of pics. This time it’s from a recent trip to New Zealand’s central North Island. We stayed at Taupo and took the kids up Mt Ruapehu, minus the skis, to see the snow. Even though it was a...