Hooked on Big Trees
Over lockdown I have been waking up early thinking about a million things, so I have taken up the habit of donning my dressing gown and...
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Jul 14, 20211 min read
Charles Fleming, “Environmental patriot” a biography by Mary McEwen.
On a recent road trip to the lower North Island we discovered the book town of Featherston and just had to check it out. I discovered the...
Jun 29, 20211 min read
DRESSED TO KILL… :)
Sze Wing, ecologist and wildlife photographer is heroically working in thick bush, tracking predators on remote D’Urville Island in the...
May 25, 20211 min read
Birds and other wildlife of the Kenerpuru Sounds
We all loved our recent private boat charter with Gary and Ellen Orchard of Pelorus Tours on their lovely wooden vessel the Toroa in the...
Apr 3, 20202 min read
French bread.
What to do during the covid 19 virus lock down? Why, bake of course! Will is reknown for his muffin baking, date and oatmeal, fresh fruit...
Aug 7, 20192 min read
Banded Dotterel bird count at Marlborough’s East Coast.
Driftwood Eco Tours supports the Marlborough East Coast Protection Group, Will is a committee member and has more recently been passing...
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...
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Nature tour to the Wairau Lagoon
I love the Wairau Lagoons. I brought a property over-looking the 2,400 hectare tidal lagoon in the lower Wairau Valley, Marlborough in...
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...
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...
Jul 6, 20161 min read
GARDEN MARLBOROUGH WETLAND WILDLIFE & NATIVE PLANT TOUR
Join Will and I on a guided walk of our eight hectare wetland and learn about the plants and animals that thrive there. We are delighted...
Jun 21, 20161 min read
International Arbor Day recognised with community tree planting.
Tree planters enjoy a glass of Opawa wine. Thank you to the community for supporting our environment on Arbor Day last week. Nine people...
Jun 3, 20161 min read
Marlborough Girls College Students receive a book on New Zealand conservation.
Students from Marlborough Girl’s College are presented with a book from FLOW Marlborough by Will Parsons. Today Will and I were pleased...
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