Early morning visit to Salisbury Plain on the Bay of Islands. I decided not to do the sunrise zodiac landing and slept in to 7.15 – the 9am call for my group 3 was early enough for me!  The plain … Continue reading →

Fortuna Bay, Stromness – it is here that Shackleton arrived after a 36 hour walk from King Haakon Bay on the other side of the island! (after gruelling months on ice floes trying to find land)…to reach help and save … Continue reading →

Dynamic little Macaroni penguins have a colony at Hercules Bay on a tussock-covered slope above a rocky shoreline. Zodiac cruising  this morning to see their activity.  The name “Macaroni’ derives from the 18C englishmen dandies who made the grand tour … Continue reading →