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| East Coast of New Zealand Part One |
| Fresh off the Plane on November 1st, 2003, we started our 9 month journey. After a couple days in Christchurch (and visiting Ernest Rutherford's university), we headed here, the Banks Peninsula, where we..... |
| WWOOFed! 'Willing Workers On Organic Farms' allowed us to work at a cattle and sheep farm, where we did lots of things. Varnishing, gardening (lots of weeds!) and.... |
| Shearing sheep! The farmer showed us how and gave us a shot. Its much more scary than it looks. The clippers feel like they want to hurt something, and it quite easily does hurt the sheep, unless you're an expert like Kendra proved to be. Life wasn't all work though, we also got to ... |
| Ride a Horse! You may not recognize this horse right away, mostly because the spray paint has washed off. The farmer bought the horse from the 'Lord of the Rings' people, but had no interest in seeing their movies. We were extremely happy to ride him though:) |
| Beautiful scenery around the farm, fresh air, riding an ultra-famous horse, shearing sheep, great food, beer from stubbies... how could things get any better? Well... |
| Wildlife! We got within three meters of this seal. He was yawning and sunning himself, totally oblivious to everything around him, until we got so close that he roared at us and took off. More wildlife?... |
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