Hastings Days 1 to 4 – Workin’

The Hanna farm is a lovely place for our first Workaway experience. On Monday, morning 1, we are shown the Boysenberry crop and the virus that aims to starve the fruit of sunlight. We, armed with buckets tied around our waist and gloves, are tasked to pick off the virus heads. We set about our …

Rotorua Day 2 – Hobbiton

On a bus from Rotorua, there sat a would be Hobbit, she did not have curly hair but made up for it with her love for mushrooms and her hairy feet. Honestly booking this trip almost made me cry in of itself and there was definitely some tears as we left, fortunately I do the …

Rotorua Day 1 – Exploring the Town

Today is our first day in Rotorua. We’re staying with a friend of my (David) Dad. I’d like to really briefly touch on this. Picture the scene, its 1998. Everyone is walking round, desperately looking for some way to ignore everyone around them because phones haven’t been invented, and you didn’t all used to talk …

Auckland Day 4 Devonport and Traveling to Rotorua

The day started with no tea. The new hostel we are staying in had no endless supply of tea that our first place had and which we had become accustomed to. So the day started poorly and as we left the hostel it rained continuously. The main upside of this morning is that the way …

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