We went to see the Takahe at Te Anau bird sanctuary today. Fewer than 500 of these birds remain.

Last day at the Calvert Vineyard in Bannockburn. Driving to Te Anau for a few days.

Two shots of the Church of the Good Shepherd 📸

The milky way above our accomodation at Lake Tekapo 📸

Brunch at Unknown Chapter in Christchurch 🍳

Kaikoura 📸

Ohau lookout seal colony 📸

Black Sand Beach in the afternoon sun 📸

Selfie in the Blenheim public art - a sculpture depicting the sun, appropriate for the claimed “sunniest place in New Zealand”.

The town looks like a truck stop from the highway. Turn off and there is a lovely town center, classic NZ covered walkways, lots of shops and cafes.

Interislander ferry from Wellington to Picton

First day in Wellington. Took a stroll at Lyall Bay 📸

Made it to Wellington. Really pleased to be back in New Zealand.

Went to see the colony of bats that live in Centennial Park, Sydney 📸

Loving the Aussie architectural style 📸

Quick dinner out at [Kukthai] (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7HbvbrxwdkvWdpH37) in Woollahra 🍴

Our studio window, Paddington, Sydney 📸

Caffeine and morning roll to chase away the jet lag @ Flat White Cafe

Made it to Sydney!

Switched out the newborn seat for the high chair seat. It’s incredible how fast these changes happen. We have a boy that sits up!

The Age of Average

Who or where is doing different? Is this actually true, or just what we are exposed to via the middle class AirBnb city-hopping lifestyle?

Using ChatGPT to brainstorm an itinerary for our New Zealand trip. It’s useful for scaffolding out ideas which we can then tweak.

Added a new testimonial from Lesley at BoCreate to my business website https://www.telaco.com - we’ve just wrapped up the first version of the product.

A nice interview with Pete Wands, Edinburgh Street Photographer on YouTube

Back at EH3 Milers this evening 🏃

Finished reading: Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko 📚

“Ordinary people . . . Papa often repeated: ordinary people. An impregnable combination of words, don’t you think? An ordinary person . . . What is that? A parasite who does mean things or a nameless hero who performs a feat of bravery? An ordinary person . . . How many of them have I had a chance to meet? Fate has presented me with hundreds of versions but has never given me the correct answer.”