Travel Notes
  • Welcome
  • New Zealand
    • The Time Machine: Arriving
    • Maori History (9 pages)
      • II. The Early Settlement of the Otago Peninsula: the first European wave and Ngai Tahu resistance
      • III. The Treaty of Waitangi
      • IV. The Arahura Deed
      • V. The Ngai Tahu Settlement
      • VI. Other Settlements
      • VII. The rise of Maori Social Investment
      • VIII.Otago Museum: Maori exhibits
      • IX. Five Maori Painters
    • The Well of Loneliness
    • The Auckland Days
      • Miranda Birds
      • Whatipu and West Coast Beaches
      • Coromandel Day Trip
      • North East of Auckland
      • Auckland
      • Auckland Harbour
      • War
      • Hauraki Gulf
      • Tiritiri Ritangi
    • Golden Bay (13 pages)
      • Golden Bay II: Collingwood
      • Golden Bay III: Mangakarau Swamp
      • Golden Bay IV: Mangakarau Bush Industries
      • Golden Bay V: To the West Coast
      • Golden Bay VI: The Karst Country of the Cowin Road
      • Golden Bay VII: Te Waikoropupu Springs
      • Golden Bay VIII: Wharariki Beach
      • Golden Bay IX: Taupo Point and Abel Tasman
      • Golden Bay X: The Falls Walk Pohara
      • Golden Bay XI: The Hydro Walk Golden Bay
      • Golden Bay XII: Pohara
      • Golden Bay XIII: Farms, Industries, Houses.
    • Arthur's Pass (4 pages)
      • II. To Authur's Pass: Coal, timber, trails and tragedy
      • III. Authur's Pass: the pass, park and passing trains
      • IV. And it did rain: Arthur's Pass to Dunedin
    • The Otago Peninsula and Dunedin (7 pages)
      • II. A pared-down land: the Otago Peninsula
      • III. Okia Flat and Victory Beach
      • IV. Sandfly Bay
      • V. Bull Kelp
      • VI.Dunedin: buildings and boats
      • VII. Bachs and boathouse: Otago Peninsula
    • The Clutha/Mata-Au River (1 page)
    • Stewart Island, Bluff, Foveaux (10 pages)
      • II. Dunedin to Bluff
      • III. Bluff
      • IV. Foveaux Strait
      • V. Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara, Stewart Island
      • VI. Ackers Point, Stewart Island
      • VII. Sooty Shearwaters and Blue Penguins
      • VIII. Rakiura Track, Stewart Island
      • IX. More Stewart Island photos
      • X. To air drop 1080 poison or not
    • The Milford Road and Sound (8 pages)
      • II. Bluff to Te Anau
      • III. The Milford Road: Economics
      • IV. Milford Road: History
      • V. Milford Road: Glory
      • VI. Milford Sound: Geology and Glaciation
      • VII. Milford Sound: History
      • VIII. Milford Rainforest
    • Milford to Fox (1 page)
    • Southern Alps and Glaciers (9 pages)
      • II. The Geomorphology of the Fox Glacier Region
      • III. Fox Glacier
      • IV. Glacial Plant Colonisers
      • V. Fox Rain Forest
      • VI. Kahikatea Swamp Forest
      • VII. Gillespie's Beach
      • VIII. Glacier People
      • IX. To Hokitika
    • Ferguson Farms: a name's a name for that ( 1 page)
    • Gold Rushes: Gold Maketh the Colony (5 pages)
      • II. The Otago Gold Rush
      • III. The West Coast Gold Rush
      • IV. Gold Town: Hokitika
      • V. Gold port: Greymouth
    • The Punakaiki Coast (1 page)
    • New Zealand's Unique Biota: the Example of the Moa (1 pages)
    • Temperate Rain Forests
    • Trees and Flora ( 7 pages)_
      • II. New Zealand Podocarps
      • III. New Zealand Beeches
      • IV. Rata and Kamahi
      • V.New Zealand Tree Ferns
      • VI. New Zealand Hardwoods
      • VII. New Zealand Hardwood Shrubs
      • VIII.Pohutukawa
    • Birds and Mammals (11 pages)
      • II. Royal Albatross
      • III. Fur Seals
      • IV. Sea Lions
      • V. Buller's Mollymawk
      • VI. Penguins
      • VII. Shags
      • VIII. Kaka
      • IX. Weka
      • X. Kea
      • XI. Spoonbills
      • XII. Other Birds
    • Agriculture: A Butter Fat Arcadia ? (7 pages)
      • II. Early days: from wool to refrigeration
      • III. Nauru: the phosphate grab
      • IV. Rogering the farmer
      • V. White Gold: the dairy bonanza
      • VI. Environmental costs
      • VII. Into the future: opportunities and threats
    • Fishing: Scandal in the EEZ
    • The Shaky Isles: NZ's Recent Geology
    • New Zealand Climate Maps
    • Sun, Moon and Earth: Notes
  • South Africa
    • Introduction (1 page)
    • History of the Western Cape (8 pages)
      • History: Language and Identity
      • The Western Cape: the first settlers
      • The Western Cape: Slaughter, Slavery and Segregation
      • The Western Cape: British Rule
      • The Eastern Cape and the defeat of the xhosa
      • British Imperialism
      • Gone Cape Town
    • Poverty in the Western Cape (4 pages)
      • Socio-Economic Conditions in South Africa 2010
      • South Africa by Population Group 2011
      • Cape Town Census 2011
    • Cape Townships (6 pages)
      • Voices from the townships
      • Rural Townships
      • Peninsula Townships
      • History of Cape Town Townships
      • Township Poverty
    • The Fear (7 pages)
      • The Friendliness
      • Being White
      • The Fear I
      • The Fear II
      • The Fear III
      • The Fear IV
    • The Beauty (2 pages)
      • The Beauty II
    • Coasts and Oceans (11 pages)
      • II. The Whale Coast
      • III. Cape Peninsula: Muizenberg to Simon's Town
      • IV. The Cape of Good Hope
      • V. Cape Peninsula: Scarborough and Benguela Current
      • VI. Cape Peninsula: Kommetjie, Hout Bay, Clifton
      • VII. Cape Town Harbour
      • VIII. West Coast National Park: Plants and Animals
      • IX. West Coast National Park: The Atlantic Coast
      • X. West Coast National Park: The Lagoon
      • XI. South African Kelp
    • Places (9 pages)
      • II.Chapman's Peak Drive
      • III. Table Mountain
      • IV. The Rhodes Memorial
      • V. Irma Stern Gallery
      • VI. Tamboerskloof
      • VII. Cape Farmhouse and Red Rock Tribal
      • VIII. Bain's Kloof Pass
      • IX. Montagu
    • The Cape Floral Region (8 pages)
      • II. The Fynbos of the Cape Floral Region
      • III. Cape Peninsula: Geology
      • IV. Cape Peninsula: Flora
      • V. Bontebok National Park
      • VI. Montagu Gorge
      • VII. Invasion and Fire
    • Wineland: Labour and Land Reform (7 pages)
      • II. Constantia
      • III. Breede River
      • IV. Labour conditions in the wine and fruit industry
      • V. Fair trade and the wine and fruit trade
      • VI. Land Reform
      • VII. Notes on the Fruit Industry
    • Cape Wildlife (14 pages)
      • West Coast National Park: Plants and Animals
      • Mammals I: Eland
      • Mammals II: Zebra
      • Mammals III: Bontebok
      • Mammals IV: Cape Chacma Baboon
      • Mammals V: Dassies
      • Mammals VI: Dolphins
      • Birds I: Penguins
      • Birds II: Ostriches
      • Birds III: Montagu Roosting Tree
      • Birds IV: Various
      • Birds V: Various
      • Tortoise
      • Insects and Reptiles
  • Cyprus
    • The Bailout and beyond (+20 pages)
      • I. Paper: Not so lucky Laiki
      • II. Paper: The Icarus Economy
      • III. Notes: Laiki timeline: 1901-2013
      • IV.. The Bailout - Summary
      • V. Background
      • VI. Economic Crisis
      • VII. The Banks
      • VIII The Russian Connection
      • IX. Russian Connections
      • X. Back in Brussels
      • XI. Germany
      • XII. Troika Troubles
      • XIII. Lessons from UK bank bailouts
      • XIV. Bank bailout conclusions
      • XV. Political Fallout
      • XVI. Economic Fallout
      • XVII. Social Fallout
      • XVIII. Beyond the Cyprus/Germany standoff
      • XIX. European banking/economy fallout
      • XX. Memorandum
      • XXI. The money laundering audits
      • XXII. Cyprus EU funds
      • XXIII. The Liberty Reserve Indictment
      • XXIV The #Carob Renaissance
    • Critical Issues (9 pages)
      • I. De Facto Partition
      • II. Dislocation and displacement
      • III. British Sovereign Base Areas
      • IV. Water resources
      • V.Biodiversity challenges
      • VI. Seismic Activity
      • VII.The contemporary church
      • VIII. Voices from Cyprus
    • Maps
    • History Notes (12 pages)
      • II. Neolithic to Roman
      • III. The Cult of Aphrodite
      • IV. Kupros/Copper
      • V. Byzantium: Introduction
      • VI. Byzantine Empire and Cyprus
      • VII. Lusignans to Ottomans
      • VIII. 'Sweet Salt': the Medieval Sugar Industry
      • VIII. Carob: the Locust Bean
      • IX. Locusts: gone but not forgotten?
      • X. British Rule
      • XI. Buying and selling the past
    • Historical Sites (10 pages)
      • II. Khirokitia
      • III. Sanctuary of Aphrodite
      • IV. Tamassos
      • V. Kourion
      • VI. Asinou
      • VII. Kolossi
      • VIII. Hala Sultan Tekke
      • IX. Agios Konstandinos
    • Along the Green Line (3 pages)
      • II.Kokkina Enclave
      • III.Nicosia to East Coast
    • Coast (10 pages)
      • II. Polis to Pomos
      • III. Polis 2011
      • IV. Akamas 2011
      • V. Akamas 2012
      • VI. Deryneia to Cape Greko
      • VII. Akrotiri Peninsula
      • VIII. Larnaka Salt Lake
      • IX. East of Limassol
      • X. Sea Grass
    • Mountains (8 pages)
      • II. Tilliria
      • III. Cedar Valley
      • IV. Kampos to the Green Line
      • V. Xeros Valley again
      • VI. Kornos to Machairas
      • VII. The Pitsilia Hills
      • VIII. Limassol wine-villages
    • Interiors (5 pages)
      • II. The Mesaoria
      • III. Wheat and Carob Country
      • IV. Dairy Farming
      • V. To Asinou
      • VI. Mavromata
    • Villages (3 pages)
      • II. Peristerona
      • iii. Fikardhou and Lazanias
    • Towns (6 pages)
      • I. Modern Nicosia
      • II. Old Nicosia (south)
      • III. Old Nicosia (north)
      • IV. Nicosia Art and Folk Museums
      • V. Larnaka
      • VI. Larnaka Fish Restaurant
    • Cyprus: Aerial Views
      • III. Aerial Route to Cyprus
      • IV. Cyprus Photos 2013
  • Arctic Norway
    • Norway: a very short introduction
    • Norway's Arctic Paradox: Tromsø
    • The Barents Sea and Lofoten Fishery
    • The Seal and Whale Industry
    • Lyngen Alps
    • Sub-Arctic Flora and Fauna
    • The German Occupation in WWII
      • Russian POWS in WWII and Norway
      • Operation Nordlicht
      • The Atlantic Wall in Norway
      • The Lyngen Line
      • Mallnitz Death Camp
      • Aftermath Nurnberg
  • Other Writing
    • Collecting Seaweed
    • The Bittern
    • Are you anxious too?
    • Death of a young farmer
    • God speed the plough
    • East Coast Mainline
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