The Aussie Girl…
Tracy Maurer - the Aussie girl experiencing the land of the long white cloud.
Search
-
Recent Posts
-
Join 18 other subscribers
Pages
- A Brush With Paradise
- My Blog
- My Studies
- Our Adventures
- A Hike Close to Home
- A Simple Monday Afternoon
- Happy Birthday Sis. Maurer
- Making the most of what’s left of the Easter weekend
- Queens Holiday Weekend – Karangahake Gorge
- Queens Holiday Weekend – Mt. Maunganui
- Queens Holiday Weekend – Waihi and Waikino
- South of the Harbour
- Tahiti
- The Amazing Race
- Weddings will take you to the darndest places
- Our Family
- Our Home
- Sis. Jess Maurer
- Our 2005 Visit
- Who Am I
Image of the Week
My Favourite Blogs
Author Archives: Tracy
Digitisation of Photography
Yes, I have been studying for the last 6 years. So, for my final assignment I had to produce a 3 minute video on the changing face of photography. Thanks to several of my friends I was able to produce … Continue reading
Tahiti – A 40 Year Dream
Do dreams come true? You bet they do. This has been a 40 year dream for me. It was worth every second of the wait. Filled with colour, sunsets, flora, food, and tropical warmth, Tahiti was everything I expected and … Continue reading
Queens Birthday Weekend – Part 3
Yes, it continues, but I promise, this is the last of it. The Karangahake Gorge was really where we came in contact with what it would have been like to be a miner many years ago. We weave in and … Continue reading
Posted in Categories
Tagged Karangahake Gorge, Karangahake Mines, mountainside, New Zealand, tunnels, vacation
Leave a comment
Queens Birthday Weekend – Part 2
It just gets better. I loved wandering the fields of Waikino and Victoria Battery. I certainly want to go back there one day and do some more exploring. There was a magical feel around this area. Come cross the river … Continue reading
Queens Birthday Weekend – Part 1
The time had come for us to venture out beyond the borders of the city. We tackled the obstacles that lay before us and just did it. This is the first part of our three day weekend away. Mountains were … Continue reading
Posted in Categories
Tagged Bay of Plenty, mountain climb, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
Leave a comment
South of the Harbour
With our family increasingly becoming more independent, Wayne and I found ourselves alone on Anzac Day. Well, he did spend time with Dallan and his friends at the Anzac Day dawn ceremony, but after that we found we had some … Continue reading
Posted in Categories
Tagged AnzacDay, Auckland, beach, bucklands beach, cockle bay, New Zealand, Views
Leave a comment
Heading north
Sometimes life doesn’t allow us to do the things we most want to do. So the only thing we can do is make the most of what we can do. The Easter weekend looked like it was going to be … Continue reading
A Chance Meeting…
This chance meeting was not such a chance. It took some effort to organise it, but it was well worth it. But Wayne got more than he bargained for when he went to see Jess in her mission. It seems … Continue reading
Posted in Categories
Leave a comment
The Wedding Day
There is nothing I would have changed about this day. The weather, the sunshine, the reception…everything was perfect. But I could have done without all of them. If I had just  been left with the Temple ceremony I could have … Continue reading
Posted in Categories
Tagged Brisbane, Brisbane Temple, Family, marriage, Temple Marriage, wedding
Leave a comment
Rangitoto Sunrise
You’ve heard of a Tequila Sunrise, well this is a Rangitoto Sunrise, without the alcohol but just as intoxicating. Sometimes it is important to just stop what you are doing and wait for magic to happen, without feeling guilty. This … Continue reading