New Zealand is famous for many things; volcanoes, geysers, mountains, rivers, beaches… but who’d have though it’s also a Steampunk centre. Welcome to Oamaru. What is Steampunk? Steampunk is a movement that reimagines technology and society as if the digital age never happened. Instead, it extends the steam-powered machinery, brass fittings, and mechanical ingenuity of…
On the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi is one of the most spectacular landscapes in Hawaii and arguably in the whole of the Pacific. Waimea Canyon stretches for roughly 22 km and in places is more than 900 m deep. It’s not just a smaller version of the Grand Canyon created by a combination of enormous rainfall, erosion and the…
St John in New Brunswick, Canada, isn’t one of the obvious destinations for tourists. It’s a working maritime port, and the largest, and oldest incorporated city in southern New Brunswick. It is full of substantial Victorian buildings, with steep streets heading down towards the port. And it has a unique claim to fame. Its history…
