Adventures of the shorty making someday dreams the life she wakes up to every day.
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NEW: SH35 East Coast summer road trip 2025
The tall fella and I had been talking about doing the SH35 East Coast road trip ever since we first started dating. He was working in retail then and wanted to do it in two days, but that meant we would spend most of the time in the car. What’s the point in that? No thanks. We compromised and made it three days, spending two nights in Te Puia Springs.
From our home in Edgecumbe, it’s just under three hours’ drive to Gisborne via the Waioeka Gorge. Over the three days we clocked about 700km to do the SH35 loop, stopping in Gisborne, Tatapouri, Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia Springs, Waipiro Bay, Tikitiki, Te Araroa, Hicks Bay, Raukokore and Te Kaha.
Spoken word at Tedx Ōmokoroa 2024
Seven years ago, I collided with poetry during a time of emotional chaos. It held my hand through the many tastes of love and allowed me to embrace a metamorphosis unplanned, yet necessary. Spoken word is about being in the moment, for every performance is unique. Yet, it’s the conversations afterwards, that’s where the magic happens.
Ngatuhoa Lodge: Adventures down a gravel road
I had planned an overnight camp at Ngatuhoa Lodge to explore three waterfalls that weekend: Te Rere i Oturu, Ngatuhoa and Tauwharawhara. Betty, my trusty RAV4, have been down some gnarly gravel roads in our time together. The drive into the lodge had some hairy blind corners, but as far as gravel and forestry roads go, it wasn’t that bad. Bumpy enough that your passengers are best to save sipping a cold one for later, but also in the words of a 1-star Google review, “...the drive into the camp was horrendous so don't take a new car here!”
