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St Bathans, Central Otago
Thursday 26th March 2026 The focal point in the nearby town of St Bathans is the Vulcan Hotel. Whilst the official population of the town sits at around 10 people the pub hosts man
Batkins Bach, Central Otago
Wednesday 25th March 2026 We stayed in a traditional mud brick house that Tricia and Dennis (her husband) had refurbished. They gradually added other buildings to accommodate the g
Cambrian, Central Otago
Tuesday 24th March 2026 We are staying with Tricia Batkin in Cambrian for 5 days. Tricia has recently written a book (which turned into 2 volumes) on the history of Cambrian, the p
Arrowtown
Monday 23rd March 2026 Writer’s Retreat done and dusted. Now it’s time to explore Central Otago. First stop Arrowtown on our way to visit Tricia Batkin in Cambrian. A
Queenstown
Wednesday 18th March to Sunday 22nd March 2026 We are in NZ for 2 weeks. Starting out with Geoff attending a Writer’s Retreat in Queenstown whilst I relaxed and enjoyed the s
Cairns, Australia Day 21
Friday 17th October 2025 Angelino’s Sugar Cane Farm and Mulgrave Sugar Mill Tour A Journey Through Australia’s Sweetest Heartland Welcome, adventurers and seekers of authentic
Madang, Papua New Guinea Day 20
Thursday 16th October 2025 The final day of our Indonesian Explorer voyage. We motored into Madang Harbour and waited patiently whilst our luggage was loaded onto several buses for
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea Day 19
Wednesday 15th October 2025 We enjoyed another delicious lunch on board Heritage Adventurer with our captain outdoing his previous feats and managing to anchor the vessel right in
Jayapura, West Papua Day 18
Tuesday 14th October 2025 It was our last day in Indonesia and in an interesting contrast to the small villages we had been visiting, today we landed in the 400,000-population stro