Petrina Darrah

Hi friends I'm Petrina, and you (in theory) subscribed to this as yet unnamed* newsletter on travel, mostly travelling in New Zealand. If you don't remember subscribing (and I wouldn't blame you, my newsletter publishing has been sporadic to say the least) or don't want to see me in your inbox, feel free to unsubscribe here. Morning light at Ahu Ahu Villas, in Taranaki. I want to exist in this hour forever. The past few months have been a whirlwind, which seems to be becoming a semi-permanent...

Liminal — 04 — July 25, 2024 The peculiar freedom of sleeping in carparks Why dossing down behind a railway station can be so appealing. Hello, travellers — Petrina, here with a postcard from New Zealand. If you don't want to hear from me, you can always unsubscribe here. I haven't had a permanent home in more than two years now. This has been partly by design and partly the result of stumbling from one plan to the next in the shameless pursuit of newness. In the many days since I last...

June 20, 2024 We have never seen everything, and Oamaru is proof of that Hello travellers — It's me, Petrina, here with a short(ish) dispatch on the joy of the unexpected, and a small town that has a forever place in my heart. If you don't want to hear from me, you can always unsubscribe here. I sometimes find it hard to be surprised in New Zealand. Not to say I find it hard to find awe, which for me is a very different and distinct feeling; but I don’t often find myself agape. So it was a...