9/8/2015 Since May this year I’ve been moving around quite a lot. Some of those moves have been just holidays and some have been major relocations. I left New Zealand in May, headed back to Amsterdam for a few days, then on to Ireland for about seven weeks and now I’ve moved to Edinburgh. Hopefully… Read more »
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3/8/2015 I recently moved back to Europe from New Zealand at the end of May and was trying to decide where to base myself and what sort of jobs to apply for. Here are the next steps in the decision making process. I contacted about twenty Irish tour operators and a few English/Scottish ones. I… Read more »
30/7/2015 A lot has happened since I left New Zealand over two months ago and it’s high time that I filled everyone in on what I’ve been doing. I’ll just quickly say that I’ve moved to Edinburgh and am trying to get myself sorted out here with finding a job, opening bank accounts, registering with… Read more »
14/4/2015 “Aurora Alert!” This was a text that I got from a work colleague last Saturday night. It meant that I had to get my butt out the door fast, get away from Lake Tekapo’s village lights and go somewhere that was facing south. It was an opportunity to get a glimpse of my first… Read more »
2/4/2015 It was great to head off for a few days to Dunedin. I badly needed to hear some live music and experience some culture. Here are some more highlights of my trip. THE RIALTO CINEMA On my first night in Dunedin I had a wander around the city at night and decided to go… Read more »
23/2/2015 I’ve had some “fun and games” recently with Expedia.nl regarding my return flight back to Amsterdam. It’s been a learning experience, to say the least! I booked a return flight from Amsterdam to New Zealand through Expedia.nl in 2013. I checked the Fares and Rules section because I knew that I might have to… Read more »
27/1/2015 I have been working now for Earth and Sky Observatory, in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, for the last year. I was originally going to go back to Europe at the end of January this year when my current work visa expired but there’s been a change of plan. Now I’ve decided to stay on… Read more »
15/12/2014 Getting up close and personal to mountains, especially snow covered ones, makes my heart do double somersaults. For quite a while now I’ve been thinking about taking the Air Safaris Grand Traverse Scenic Flight over the Southern Alps in New Zealand. Part of the reason for this was because I wanted to see the… Read more »
3/11/2014 I have 3 months left before my current work visa here in New Zealand expires and I should really be applying for a new work visa now, in order to continue working here. So, what’s the next step, you may ask? As most of my friends and family know, I have been working in… Read more »
11/10/2014 (The Kiwi/Kerry Connection) Since February this year I’ve been working on a project which involves the first ever twinning of two international dark sky reserves. These two reserves are the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve (I.D.S.R.) Ireland and the Aoraki Mackenzie I.D.S.R. in New Zealand. At the end of January 2014 I heard that… Read more »
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