Mount Albert meandering doesn’t get much better than Roy Clements Treeway. While this urban oasis is only a hop, skip and a jump away from industrial backblocks it is easy to get that outa-city feeling with the nature and bird life habitat. Tucked into a […]
Toot! Toot! All aboard. How else would Mr Louie want to celebrate his second birthday than being surrounded by trains, tracks and tunnels at Waipuna miniature rail. Every Sunday afternoon (weather permitting) locomotive enthusiast or enCHOOsiast volunteers congregate on the banks of Panmure Basin to […]
A reprieve from the rain provided an opportunity to get outdoors and up our local Maunga. Mount Albert may be seen as the little sister of her famous Mount Eden sibling and although one of the smallest in Auckland’s family of mountains, at only 135 […]
While Hallertau has cemented its iconic status in the Riverhead landscape for the past 11 years, the recent addition of a covered outdoor area and playground signals its success and the growth of a hop nation. A Vegas inspired sign acts as a beacon for […]
Step into this Ponsonby shop front to reveal the enchanted fairy forest that will surprise and delight young imaginations. Beyond the retail offering an open space is adorned by toadstools and mural walls where little ones are invited to dress up as their favourite fairy […]
A touch of Japanese tranquility and zen is inspo enough to get out in between rain showers. The recently opened Fukuoka Garden in Western Springs is beautifully located between the Zoo and Western Springs lakeside park playground which will put even more Spring into little […]
If you have ever been asked by curious little minds where particular vegetables are from, they are bound to find the answers at Kingsland Community Garden. It is hard to believe this enchanted garden is a stones throw from the motorway yet flourishes all year […]
Clear winter days and road trippin’ go hand in hand like Sunday strolls and ice cream. Particularly when the destination is so close you don’t even need to resort to eye spy! Twenty minutes from the city heading west will land you in Hobsonville Point. […]
Despite its checkered history, One Tree Hill has long been considered the spiritual centre of Auckland. And while the headline act (One Tree) may be noticeably absent there are plenty of other star attractions in the 670 acres of park. There is so much variety […]
Virtually all the evidence of this former office space have disappeared and been superseded by science fun! Although entry to this Henderson kids lab is a little pricey, after been confined to indoors after days and days of rain it is worth every cent. Upon […]