Wildlife

Sep 24, 20212 min read

Meet the Locals of Pelorus Sounds

A highlight for many on our Port Ligar Tour is the full day boat tour off the Pelorus Sounds. Departing from Blenheim, we board the...

Sep 3, 20212 min read

Pelorus Jack

New Zealand’s first marine mammal tourist attraction. I was brought up with a fairy tale but in this case the fairy tale was true. It is...

Apr 8, 20204 min read

A Virtual Wetland Walk

We are on our arc of wetland with our farm animals over the Covid 19 isolation period. The word isolation for us is not a hardship....

Sep 6, 20192 min read

Marlborough NZ, the way the World should be

Marlborough is an undiscovered gem in the crown of New Zealand’s splendour. Everyone has heard of Marlborough’s award winning Sauvignon...

Mar 2, 20192 min read

The long tailed bats of d’Urville Island

Here is something to strike up at your next dinner party, baby bats attach themselves to their flying mothers by sucking onto their...

Oct 18, 20171 min read

Video of our close encounter with a leopard seal

Kayaking this week with our lovely guests from the U.K. Jill and Alan in the Wairau Lagoon, a typically shallow tidal wetland, we...

Aug 2, 20172 min read

Meet our animals at the retreat

Will and I LOVE animals of all kinds and our retreat is a busy place with our farm animals and pets. Our visitors love feeding our small...

Jul 4, 20171 min read

Our bird watching winter watching holiday

Will and I have recently returned from our winter holiday at Motueka and Kahurangi National Park at the top of the South Island, New...

Apr 5, 20171 min read

Leopard seal, a rare and unexpected visitor on our kayak tours.

There is always surprises in our ever changing environment at the Wairau Lagoon. Recently an young leopard seal has taken the Wairau as...