New Zealand

August 4, 2012August 26, 2016 By Dianne

Lake Manapouri and Doubtful Sound

This post is part of a series called Lakes – Mountains – Fiords We’ve had a lovely time at Lake Manapouri. Lots of local walks and drives. Our big day out was to Doubtful Sound a beautiful fiord that winds it’s way inland from the coast. We caught a small boat from the Manapouri Marina…

July 27, 2012August 26, 2016 By Dianne

Wanaka

This post is part of a series called Lakes – Mountains – Fiords We flew from New Plymouth to Queenstown, picked up our hire car and headed north to Lake Wanaka. We’d booked a local B&B for a few nights. Wanaka is a lively town sitting on the shores of Lake Wanaka and surrounded by…

March 20, 2012August 31, 2016 By Dianne

Manna Newsletter March 2012

taken from our newsletter………. FROM THE MANAGERS We had a great break over Christmas and New Year with family and friends in Australia. We were still happy to return to Manna and our Manna family which seems to be growing all the time! We continue to be amazed at the specialness of this place. The…

February 28, 2012August 17, 2016 By Dianne

Mini-break

This post is part of a series called Snap Shots It seems as if we’re perpetually on holiday! We had a little mini-break recently. We stayed overnight in the Alpine Lodge near Mt Taranaki – not far from Stratford. Lovely accommodation, very comfy with fantastic views of Mt Taranaki. We had a really wonderful time…

February 5, 2012August 17, 2016 By Dianne

The Coromandel

This post is part of a series called Snap Shots Hi….we arrived back in NZ early January, spent a couple of weeks at work and then headed off to the Coromandel area of the North Island. We still had a few days of leave owing so felt obliged to go on another break! We stayed…