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Willing workers on organic farms. Not woof as in a dog though Neal and Nicky who we stayed with had Charlie the rescue dog who was far too chilled out to woof at anyone. We were in Eltham in Taranaki. Rolling grass land full of cows with a huge snow capped volcano dominating the landscape. Well it was for the first day till the clouds rolled in and we never saw it again. Black volcanic sand beaches lined the coast. We mainly undertook gardening in there HUGE garden complete with stream and ducks and loads of trees. Nicky is a world champion tree climber and has competed around the world. She made climbing up ropes look very easy indeed and when me and Liz tried we made it look very hard till we practiced a bit and got the hang of jumaring in a style up a tree. Neal was a lawyer and went to work in his tracksuit pants unless he was in court. Normally at home its only the accused who wears a tracky. A man with no doubts the All Blacks would win the Rugby World Cup and holds football in the same disregard as many Kiwis. Mind you when the have a section on the sports program called,
"Smash 'em bro'" and smashed they do get it puts our puffy over paid prima donnas to shame.(no offence to puffy people unless you play football and fall down like a wet rag)
It was lovely to have a week off travelling and sleep in a proper bed and get away from the tourist trail for a while and see how a small town gets along and to eat a fantastic steak instead of Tofu with Liz. Good Luck for Singapore Nicky hope you both have fun. There is a train station for Neal. Check out the Chicken Curry stall opposite the ticket kiosk its super good in a city full of really good food.
Greg
Willing workers on organic farms. Not woof as in a dog though Neal and Nicky who we stayed with had Charlie the rescue dog who was far too chilled out to woof at anyone. We were in Eltham in Taranaki. Rolling grass land full of cows with a huge snow capped volcano dominating the landscape. Well it was for the first day till the clouds rolled in and we never saw it again. Black volcanic sand beaches lined the coast. We mainly undertook gardening in there HUGE garden complete with stream and ducks and loads of trees. Nicky is a world champion tree climber and has competed around the world. She made climbing up ropes look very easy indeed and when me and Liz tried we made it look very hard till we practiced a bit and got the hang of jumaring in a style up a tree. Neal was a lawyer and went to work in his tracksuit pants unless he was in court. Normally at home its only the accused who wears a tracky. A man with no doubts the All Blacks would win the Rugby World Cup and holds football in the same disregard as many Kiwis. Mind you when the have a section on the sports program called,
"Smash 'em bro'" and smashed they do get it puts our puffy over paid prima donnas to shame.(no offence to puffy people unless you play football and fall down like a wet rag)
It was lovely to have a week off travelling and sleep in a proper bed and get away from the tourist trail for a while and see how a small town gets along and to eat a fantastic steak instead of Tofu with Liz. Good Luck for Singapore Nicky hope you both have fun. There is a train station for Neal. Check out the Chicken Curry stall opposite the ticket kiosk its super good in a city full of really good food.
Greg
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