Mt Chocolate

Yesterday, Tracy, Avon and I went for a leisurely walk through Seaward Bush Scenic Reserve near Invercargill. This reserve is a small remnan...

Photos taken of plants and animals found at Mt Chocolate are being used to discover what is living there now. We are using a very easy too...

Mt Chocolate is the name given to a 10,000 square meter paddock (1 Ha, or 2.5 acre). Located on the edge of town in semi-rural Clifton, a...

Mt Chocolate has a native plant nursery to propagate and grow 220 different species to plant at Mt Chocolate over time. The nursery does no...

Part of creating Mt Chocolate has been constructing a private access way in from Severn St to the future house and art studio. This road is ...

I would like to thank all the family, friends and neighbours who visited the recent Mt Chocolate exhibition to have a look, showed a lot of...

Here is the poster for Mt Chocolate - The Exhibition The poster can be downloaded as a PDF for printing Mt Chocolate: The Exhibition A4...

I found this great hand drawn map in The Field Guide to New Zealand Geology by Jocelyn Thornton. Published by Penguin.

This is a small part of a larger sketch map of the Province of Southland, New Zealand, from official surveys till June 1865. This picture sh...

Discover the hidden story behind a nature conservation project and the building of a home and art studio in Clifton, Invercargill. An exh...

This afternoon I got this photo of a  Ozothamnus vauvilliersii   plant growing beside the Waituna Wetland near Bluff. This plant is ...

A winters blast down at the site. Not much work going on now. The new stream around the front on Avon Rd looks good.

On August 1 this year, Tracy and I finally became the owners of this wee bit of weedy farm land. Its a 1 Ha (2.5 Acre) overgrazed paddock in...