Avalon's Guide: Emigrate to New Zealand » Things to do http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab There is no "One True Path" to emigrating. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:30 +0000 en hourly 1 Martinborough Fair 2012 http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/martinborough-fair-2012/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/martinborough-fair-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:13:53 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4923 Having escaped the big city rugby booze-fest this weekend, we got up early and headed to Martinborough for the first fair of the year (it’s held on the first Saturday in both February and March so you get 2 chances). Now having been a number of times, we are pretty quick at getting around the [...] Related posts:
  1. The Martinborough Fair.
  2. Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.
  3. The French Bistro Martinborough **
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/02/martinborough-fair-2012/feed/ 4 Vintage Hairstyling in Wellington @ Wildilocks http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/vintage-hairstyling-in-wellington-wildilocks/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/vintage-hairstyling-in-wellington-wildilocks/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:41:18 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4846 If you  love vintage style – clothes, make-up, hair – then you need to check out Emily Belle at Wildilocks on Cuba St. Wildilocks are also based in Perth and Melbourne if you are interested, and will be doing the hair for a photoshoot for Illamasqua makeup – the stuff I spent a small fortune [...] Related posts:
  1. Brilliant Wellington Hairdresser.
  2. A moment of perfect beauty in Wellington city.
  3. Umbrella Fatalities in Wellington.
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2012/01/vintage-hairstyling-in-wellington-wildilocks/feed/ 2 Merry Christmas :) http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/merry-christmas/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/merry-christmas/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:01:58 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4753 Here’s hoping no matter where you are that you have a lovely christmas. And because I just can’t let this go with a bit of geek humour:   And added with thanks to Scott From Obvious Winner   Related posts:A Merry Kiwi Christmas. And we thought doing summer christmas was a bit odd… So how [...] Related posts:
  1. A Merry Kiwi Christmas.
  2. And we thought doing summer christmas was a bit odd…
  3. So how did Christmas go?
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  1. Wellington’s Christmas Tree
  2. Christmas by the pool with chilled mulled wine.
  3. Buying a Christmas tree in summer is just odd.
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/12/christmas-prettiness/feed/ 0 20 Years of Toast Martinborough http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/20-years-of-toast-martinborough/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/20-years-of-toast-martinborough/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:09:19 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4662 The 20th Anniversary took place on Sunday – which luckily was 1 day’s grace before gale force winds have literally rocked the lower north Island. We have now been every year – except last year when we were in Sydney and couldn’t make it – it’s a family “tradition”. Now normally, I tend to be [...] Related posts:
  1. Toast Martinborough 2009 – the aftermath.
  2. The Martinborough Fair.
  3. The French Bistro Martinborough **
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/20-years-of-toast-martinborough/feed/ 2 Let’s talk sausages :) http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/lets-talk-sausages/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/lets-talk-sausages/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:00:23 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4607 The annual NZ Sausage competition has just finished.  Three days of sausage consumption & judging. Where do we apply for these amazing jobs? – beats me! The problem for a lot of expats (especially me and my lo-carb proud-to-be-a-carnivore where’s-the-bacon diet) is that New Zealand sausages are actually very different from UK sausages. Ie they [...] Related posts:
  1. Happy Birthday QE2 – lets all have a day off!
  2. The issues of Christmas cookery.
  3. Briscoes: You’ll never buy better?
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/11/lets-talk-sausages/feed/ 0 Proper devonshire cream tea at Clear River Estate http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/proper-devonshire-cream-tea-at-clear-river-estate/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/proper-devonshire-cream-tea-at-clear-river-estate/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:48:43 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4261 Actually we had this last weekend for fathers day – I have just been too lazy to blog about it till now. We came across this new winery the weekend before at a “Made In The Wairarapa” expo. Clear View winery used to be the Solstone Estate which closed down three years ago. We do [...] Related posts:
  1. Clearwater’s Dairy Clotted Cream
  2. Clotted Cream really is now available in New Zealand!
  3. How to make Clotted Cream in New Zealand.
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/proper-devonshire-cream-tea-at-clear-river-estate/feed/ 0 Ode to Cumbria (or Wellington). http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/ode-to-cumbria-or-wellington/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/ode-to-cumbria-or-wellington/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:35:58 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4219 It rained and it rained and rained and rained The average fall was well maintained And when the cracks were simply bogs It started raining cats and dogs. After a drought of half an hour We had the most refreshing shower And then the most curious thing of all A gentle rain began to fall [...] Related posts:
  1. It takes more than an incoming storm to stop Wellington.
  2. Brilliant Wellington Hairdresser.
  3. Free Wellington
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/09/ode-to-cumbria-or-wellington/feed/ 0 A moment of perfect beauty in Wellington city. http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/08/a-moment-of-perfect-beauty-in-wellington-city/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/08/a-moment-of-perfect-beauty-in-wellington-city/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:26:40 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4180 I popped out earlier for a much needed coffee with Hubby, and we ended up in Starbucks at the Old Bank shopping arcade. While chilling out, we heard singing. Beautiful singing. While I sat entranced I really didn’t want to get up, and then I heard one of of my favorite pieces of music wafting [...] Related posts:
  1. It takes more than an incoming storm to stop Wellington.
  2. Free Wellington
  3. Congratulations to Eve at the Intercontinental.
]]> http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/08/a-moment-of-perfect-beauty-in-wellington-city/feed/ 0 Lost in Westeros http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/08/lost-in-westeros/ http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/2011/08/lost-in-westeros/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:21:04 +0000 Avalon http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab/?p=4164 This is one of those “just because I feel like it” posts that has nothing at all to do with New Zealand, Money or emigrating. While waiting (impatiently) for my copy of Dance With Dragons to arrive from the UK,  I have been reading all the previous books. Basically because its been so long since [...] Related posts:
  1. A Dance With Dragons – Half price
  2. The Taupo Jousting Tournament.
  3. Christmas Comes but ones a year – guess when the next one is?
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