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Courier reader: Lenora Hayman Destination: Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand Favourite memories of trip: Long-time friends Don and Heather Harvey showed me The Moeraki Boulders on Koekohe Beach, 40 km south of Oamaru on the Otago coast.

SCENE | HEARD Oakwood Canadian Bistro has brought in Ryan Murphy as its new executive chef. Murphy has previously cooked at Vue du Monde in Australia, Restaurant Fifty-Three in Singapore, and Restaurant Frantzen in Sweden. TheOakwood.

In an industry riddled with failure, and where staying in business for five years is considered a resounding success, Vancouver restauranteur Vikram Vij is surely an anomaly.

Not many teens relish the thought of going back to school, but most are at least a little excited about some aspect of a new school year — perhaps seeing old friends or getting back to a favourite sport.

Sometimes it doesn’t matter what the weather’s like, what you’re eating, or what the occasion may be, you just want to drink a big red wine.

Fifteen-year-old Joshua Yu’s backyard is anything but ordinary. In any given moment, there are about a hundred butterflies nursing in Metamorphic Farms.

Adventure awaits during harvest time in Agassiz-Harrison Mills.

New school year means thousands of students seeking connections

Bella Gelateria Yaletown 1089 Marinaside Open seven days a week 8am to 11pm www. bellagelateria .

Line-ups. Ugh. As a local I never want to wait in them, but as a tourist, it’s even worse. Unless you know you’ll be back visiting a city, you want to do as much as you can in the given time frame.