Kaimai View Motel
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Working holiday :)
... br> In the day we worked, pruning kiwifruit plants, in the night: party!!! Pruning is hard, physical work, but it is nice to be outside in the sun! The people in the hostel are great. Lots of partying, drinking and beerpong!
While working in the fish factory we met a nice couple, he from Italy, she from Czech Republic. On my bday we went over to their place and he cooked us real Italian Pizza! yumm!
After ...
Bay of Plenty of Beaches
... a train for what seemed like an hour and a half. We then went back to the beach at Papamoa to generally lie still and get sand thrown at us by Pipsqueak. The current from the South Pacific Ocean was pretty formidable. Being the man I am, I had a paddle and ran away.
On Saturday, we went to Mt Maunganui. This struck me as being NZ's answer to the south coast of Britain with granny stackers (rest homes) everywhere, and sitting in ...
Wonderful |Art
... delphiniums, orange blossom, nasturtiums and even common herbs such as chives - form a frame to the homestead. Some of the trees she planted still surround the old building. The garden and homestead are now being restored by a band of enthusiasts. The garden lovers of Katikati and surrounding districts contributed to the cost of the mural by way of funds raised at the Open Garden in November 1991. Rev Katterns Ostriches-1992 by Malcom Pitkeathly. In ...
A dirty job in a beautiful place...
... the time. They started the place up in 1979, have worked very hard over the years and slowly expanded it to what it is today and so, naturally, find it hard to just leave the place alone...especially when they live in a huge house 5 minutes' walk away...Their elder daughter Shelley helps manage the place with her partner Sarah and there are another dozen or so admin., cleaners, etc. to help run the show during the summer. There are dozens and dozens of sites for tents, caravans, ...
Tauranga
... n paar Backpacker kennengelernt aus UK, die hier arbeiten und ne Wohnung haben fuer die Zeit hier.
Jaja Apropo arbeiten, ich hab versucht hier n Job zu finden, das war aber einfach unmoeglich... Ich hab wirklich ueberall gefragt und mein bescheuerten CV hinterlegt aber es hat nichts gebracht. Sind jetzt Schulferien und Semesterferien und wirklich jeder hat n Summerjob. Naja dann arbeite ich halt nicht^^
Warum wollte ...
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