Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
Do you know we have our very own gin distillery here on the Coromandel Peninsula? As the days get longer and warmer, I do enjoy a gin and tonic on the deck… there is something about a long gin that is very thirst quenching on a humid day, isn’t there? It’s the...
Art, Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
Debs looks at a piece of Damar Gum in her art studio Another Arts Tour has just successfully finished in Coromandel. I had a great tour this year selling paintings, books and cards. For those of you who couldn’t visit, I’ve made a video showing you...
Art, Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
Te Kouma — recent painting The Arts Tour is coming up again… I’ve been involved in the Coromandel Arts Tour since 2006. I was part of the group of artists who came together with the vision for an artists’ studio tour — this is what I wrote at the...
Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ, Travel and Food around NZ and further afield
What makes a good café? Well… great coffee and delicious food are essential – that’s a no-brainer, but what else? I was thinking about this the other day, when the lyrics to the theme music from the American sitcom Cheers popped into my head. “…where everybody knows...
Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
Last week, my son Jack and I were lucky enough to meet an iconic Coromandel resident, Rehua the kiwi. We headed up to Port Charles very early one morning in the school holidays to meet two Moehau Environment Group (MEG) volunteers, Natalie and Tommy. We were going to...
From the Ocean, Savoury, Things to do on the Coromandel, NZ
The scallop has to be one of my favourite types of seafood. How do you eat yours? I love them wrapped in bacon… or raw sliced thin like sashimi with browned butter poured over them… or on a bbq skewer with prawns… or served with a fresh salad greens, sliced apple and...
