DOMESTIC
Slipping into my activewear and getting into the great South Island outdoors to cycle the 152km Otago Rail Trail, NZ’s first Rail Trail and original Great Ride. otagocentralrailtrail.co.nz
Eating: At Olivers Restaurant, a former landmark store that provided provisions to the early gold prospectors flocking to Central Otago. oliverscentralotago.co.nz
Drinking: At the Strath Taieri Hotel, a historic pub and hotel built in the 1890s, and now the last remaining pub in Middlemarch. strathtaierihotel.com
Staying: In as many cosy lodges and historic hotels as I can, including Pitches Store, a restored schist stone building in Ophir, built in 1883 as the General Store. pitches-store.co.nz