This is a beach on the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Is. The Coromandel has for the last 40yrs been the alternative life-styler's haven. It's gentrifying now but it retains a slightly hippie ambience. It is also a little wild and very beautiful. About 2hrs drive from Auckland so lots of us weekend there.


Farmland at the base of the Coromandel Penninsula. The NZ climate has been likened to the south of France so we grow great wines, olives, lavender, fruit and veg.


This is Auckland - "The City of Sails". It is one of the largest cities in area in the world - same size as LA but it only has a population of 1 million. So you will figure that we all have large gardens! All houses are detached - even lower end of the range. Apartment living has begun but for students mostly.
You can bungy off the Skytower - the hypodermic needle-shaped thing dominating the skyline - and also off the Harbour Bridge. It's a real rush!

There's more photos on my other blogs too - I seem to be going through a very jingoistic phase!?