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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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Today is international mountain day & it feels wrong to post about it and not talk about the mother of all mountains, Everest. In fact, I’m not even going to say that much, I am just going to leave you with this ... ‘Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Natures peace will flow into you as the sunshine flows into trees’ - John Muir ✨ Protect and preserve her as much as you can people, these places are precious ✨

&&& that’s a wrap on our Japan adventure. We are currently waiting for our plane back to Queenstown and I can’t wipe this stupid, big smile off my face. Japan was everything I wanted it to be and more & exploring with my favourite human, well, I just don’t have the words do I? I have so many stories and photos to share with you & so much goodness to say about that wonderful island. But for this week I will be heading back down into Fiordland, potentially Mount Cook and for some long ass dates with my laptop. Maybe I should start drinking coffee again? ☕️

Let’s talk about you, because today is all about you! Happy birthday to the sweetest man I have ever met. You deserve the world and more and I can’t wait to explore more of it with you. Words can’t describe how much I love you, you are the best thing that ever happened to me and I thank my lucky stars daily that the universe brought us together all those years ago. Thank you for the constant adventures, the continuing laughs and the wild future we have ahead of us. You sure are my once in a lifetime✨Happy birthday my love ❤️

Every single time I get in a kayak I’m like yep, that’s it, I’m buying one I love it... then I chicken out. Every single time I get in a kayak I feel such a sense of freedom, you can paddle anywhere you want, explore hidden islands and places not accessible by foot. This summer I want to kayak on Lake Wakatipu, overnight in Doubtful Sound and explore more of Milford from the water. Who’s with me? Thanks Jordan for steering us through the Sound, I was far to busy looking at those waterfalls! 📷 @motionbrosnz

How do you define happy? Is happy a place to you, a feeling or do you get it from a sense of achievement? Many get it from the latter, for others it’s the simple things like a big cup of tea or a quiet moment in our blissfully busy lives. This is me, at my absolute happiest, in the mountains surrounded by love and nature’s greats. Whatever it is that makes you happy - reach out, embrace those things, those moments and everything will then be in harmony? Agreed? ✨

I’m probably a little bit bias but this has to be one of the most incredible places on Earth. I say it every single time I visit that this place holds it own kind of magic. There’s an air of mystery and unknown, the ever changing weather keeps you on your toes, temperamental and ready to change at any minute. Paddling out under this mighty mountain was pretty special, it gave us a a real sense of how little space we occupy in this big, big world 🌎

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