On my 27th Birthday I was at a cross-roads. I'd returned to New Zealand after a messy 9 month stint travelling, I was unemployed, and I felt like I was ... Read More
Running a Half Marathon
Running a Half Marathon was looking like it'd be the hardest item to cross of my 30 Before 30 list. In March last year while training for Auckland's Round ... Read More
7 night Western Mediterranean Cruise with Royal Caribbean
Last year I did a Mediterranean cruise on The Serenade of the Seas. This year I went back for more doing a 7 night Western Mediterranean Cruise on Royal ... Read More
The Yacht Week Greece
A London-based school friend booked a yacht and skipper on The Yacht Week Greece one February and slowly filled up the nine spaces with friends and ... Read More
Top of the North Island
A month or so ago I accepted a job back in Wellington. With the realisation that visiting Cape Reinga in the top of the North Island would be much harder ... Read More
Skydiving vs Bungy Jumping
When I wrote my 30 Before 30 list last November I included a bit of the extreme - 'Skydive or Bungy Jump'. When I wrote it in my head it was always ... Read More
Learning to surf at Te Arai
Item number 15 on my 30 Before 30 list was to learn to surf. It's a skill I've always wished I had and as I'm a bit of a wimp around cold water there is no ... Read More
