We started our day with inspiration
from Graeme and Karen's lifestyle block farm. Graeme works at Landcare
Research and in his "spare" hours manages to keep a farm of apples, apricots, and almonds. When he is
not tending to his trees, he is busy keeping up with all of the latest
technology from the world so that he can be as off the grid as possible.
He especially loves the technology coming out of America and believes that we have all that we need to
make the world sustainable. Graeme’s house and farm sport solar panels and all
sorts of gadgets he has rigged up and is even working on getting his own wind
turbine up and running. All very inspiring to show how much can be done
with little things and little steps to lower our impact on our planet.
Of course Graeme and Karen also keep
some sheep for keeping the orchards clear and it is lambing season so we even
got to see and feed a few babies!
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| Solar Panels |
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| Cute Lamb |
After lunch at Hillyers and some time
at the Lincoln Market, we watched some girl’s rugby at Lincoln before heading
out for a special visit to Willowbank.
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| Uni Rugby at Lincoln |
Willowbank is a wildlife reserve where
we had a chance to see up close both native and exotic animals. The highlight
is that we actually got to touch a Tuatara! In addition, we had a
Ko Tane or Maori experience where the “gals” got to try Poi Balls and the “guys”
got to try a haka.
Afterwards, we gathered in the restaurant to have a hangi, which is food smoked
in the ground. Very tasty!
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| Pukeko |
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| Kunekune pig - only found in New Zealand |
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| Kea investigating Niko's head - hello? |
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| Tuatara |
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| Willowbank guide explaining about the kiwi |
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| Poi dance |
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| Hangi dinner |
Cheers Meryl and Dr. H
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