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Notes of a Northerner

Notes of a Northerner

A blog about my travels, endeavours and life away from the north

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One of my dreams came true this week. I flew to Mount Cook with @glenorchyair and I’m lost for words. It was possibly one of the best experiences of my life. One can truly appreciate the grandeur of our planet when soaring above. I saw mountains, lakes and rivers not accessible by road, I saw mother nature’s veins in the form of river braids and I stood on the glacier that carved the valley I love so much. This experience was pretty mind blowing, I will never ever forget it. #glenorchyair

After posting about Maori legends the other day on my story it prompted me to dig a little deeper. Luckily I have some pretty beautiful New Zealand friends and one lead me to a website about Maori proverbs, from everything on there this one stood out the most. Read it and soak it in. It resonates with me deep & so much with this place, the place my soul is truly alive. ✨ Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei ✨ Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain ✨ This whakatauki is about aiming high or for what is truly valuable, but it's real message is to be persistent and don't let obstacles stop you from reaching your goal. @goproanz

If the sight of the ocean waves rolling fills you with joy, if the sound of birds in the morning or light touching the hills for the first time has the power to move you, if the mountains give you strength and sunsets fill your heart then embrace all those feelings, for your soul is truly alive. Enjoy what our world has to offer but always, always remember to protect her so she can move others in the same way ✨

What a sweet, blissful, wonderfully adventurous ten days around our home. We started in Queenstown, visited Franz Josef, Greymouth, Abel Tasman, Kaikoura and Mount Cook. We played tour guides to Robbies parents and watched as they fell in love with Aotearoa. This trip wasn’t about content, nor was it about lugging my camera gear everywhere. I took a break, a holiday and I only pulled out my camera to snap certain moments, in fact we only shot photos just for me once... once in ten days. I thought I would feel guilty, like I was neglecting my baby but you know what? I needed it. I needed to switch off my brain from work and creating and just be present. Do you know what I mean? So here you have it, a beautifully raw moment watching the sun go down on the Kaikoura beach front with my Fiancé. Thank you for teaching me patience and that it’s okay to slow down ✨✨✨

From the golden sunsets of the East Coast to the moody atmospheric Fiordland. This place has to be one of my all time favourite spots in this wild country. I remember so clearly on this hike not knowing what to expect at the top. I hiked behind @binghaam through bush, mud and rocks for a few hours. Then out of no where the glacier water caught my eye through the bus, we walked the last bit of the track to reveal an absolute dreamland. I cried with excitement and pure joy at how beautiful this place is. Thank You Aotearoa, you are bloody brilliant ✨

Let’s talk. Let’s talk about the real and the raw. The moments that often pass by in a heartbeat. The times that we wish we could repeat again and again. Let’s talk about sunrises and sunsets and how each new day brings opportunity to you. Let’s talk about the way the light hits the mountains or the ocean greets the shore. Let’s talk about the times we wish we capture nothing and let it be a moment in your mind, just for you. Let’s all take a minute to stop and think about the things that really matter. Let’s talk about the joy in this moment of solitude on a beach surrounded by nothing, nothing but the greatest gift of all ✨#GoProANZ #GoPro

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