Hello again from the OZ trip.
Well, the WOOF Farm is absolutely amazing, tough work, but very very fun. We have already been here for a week and in that week we have mostly been planting trees. In three days, we planted a total of 1200 trees. To plant the trees, we had to first use a grubber (pick axe) to dig a small hole maybe 5 inches deep and then the planters place the plant in and cover it up with dirt. After that comes the hard part. There was a huge mulch pile at the bottom of the hill which we were planting on. We had to fill up a trailer full with maybe 2-3 shovelers and then tow it up the hill where 2-3 more people would scoop out all of the mulch with buckets and hand it over the fence where the mulchers would make a ring around the plants. That was mostly what we did for the week of work.
New Zealand is absolutely beautiful. Every single picture that any of us have taken does not look real. The Sky’s are picture perfect, but not always blue. It has been fairly rainy here for a couple days, but the last two were great. perfect weather, but still kind of cold.
One day after work we all went to the hot springs and marinated in the pools for a good 2 hours and loved it. It was the perfect temperature and also at the park there was a water slide which was too much fun. We always had little battles and races in the slide to see who would come out first and most of the time drew would win. The hot springs were a great way to relax after a hard days work.
Now we are leaving for our next destination which is the OPC (Outdoor Pursuit Center) in Tongariro National Park which by the sounds of it will be challenging, but looks like a good time ahead.
