The following pictures are of our last days in Blenheim, and then follow our voyage from the South island to the North island and to Hawkes Bay, where we wwoofed/house sit for a Canadian. We are currently re-visiting with one of our wwoof host who we stayed with back in December, his name is Steve and he lives in Eltham, on the west coast of the North island near Mt Taranaki.
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| Fall has arrived |
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| Emily playing in the park |
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| Why there was beaver statues I don't know but we thought it was blog worthy |
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| Vineyard fields in Blenheim |
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| Grape leaves changing colors |
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| Emily and Zhee Chee (from Malaysia) |
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| Chardonnay |
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| Passing on a little Canadian spirit |
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| Kenneth from the Aisle of Sky, Scotland |
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| Downtown Blenheim |
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| Emily at a Chinese pot luck, courtesy of her Muscle shucking mates |
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| Emily preparing the Easter ham |
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| Final product |
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| The spread....... mmmmmmmm |
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| We organized an Easter egg hunt. Emilys work mates had never experienced one before. |
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| Enthusiastic photographer |
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| The Asians enjoying the Easter feed |
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| John teaching the girls a friendly game of horse |
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| Farewell South Island |
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| John and Jaus (Rosie and Guys son) in Wellington |
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| Jaus, Emily and Sylvie in the back of the car |
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| Tourere Station, where we stayed in Hawkes Bay |
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| The house was situated on a 800 hectre property, with green as far as the eye could see |
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| Endless fields where cows, sheep and deer graze |
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| Taking a break on one of our walks around the station |
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| Judgement day, these ewes were off to the paddock in the sky |
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| Emily in Napier, the art deco capital of the world |
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| Emily with the Maori mermaid protector |
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| On the beach with the pacific behind us |
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| Walk in the park |
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| John posing with a black fern |
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| Suzanne and Petes place in Waipukurau (where we house sitted) |
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| Permaculture farming at its best |
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| Emily and Patrick before bedtime, Suzanne and Petes son |
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| John reading Patrick a story |
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| Back in Eltham, where cheese is the name of the game |
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| Zhee Chees first snow experience up Mt Taranaki |
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| Native bush |
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| John making his way across a swing bridge with a 100 ft drop below, hold on..... |
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| Don't look down |
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| Steve planking, the new craze in NZ |
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| Mt Taranaki |
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| Pig hides on the forgotten highway. Deliverance anyone? |
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| Mt Damper falls |
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| Our gang |
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| Where the ferns grow. snapshot under the canopy of green |
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Bah Bah black sheep have you any wool?
Hope you enjoyed our photos. Emily and I have three weeks left here in NZ and are looking to cram in all sorts of activities, and we look forward to sharing them with you via the blog. Look forward to seeing you all soon, hope all is well. |
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