WWOOF!
When I finished the Heaphy Track I was in the Golden Bay area. I liked it so much I wasn't ready to leave. So I wwoofed. It stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms. It's a popular thing here in NZ and will probably catch on in other places. Basically you for for a few hours a day in exchange for accomodation and food. It's great for travelers. I woofed for a German couple for a week. The food was excellent and so was the view of the bay. Takaka is a very laid back little town and very new agey. I felt like I was back in Asheville. Actually more like Black Mountain because it was such a small town. If you're thinking of travelling in the future you should check out the WWOOF site (paid membership required to achieve anything) or helpexchange (free.)
UPDATE: A week after I left Takaka, the town's largest employer, some kind of dairy plant, burned to the ground.
posted by upliftingsound at 12:05 PM
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You should've peed on your incense when you left. Now, since the dairy plant burned down, they'll have to eat their cereal with beer. Wait... that might not be so bad...
Why only a week with the Germans as a WWOOFer? Picked and ate everything? Small farm? Just ready to move on?
When does winter end and how cold is it likely to get? Inquiring MonkeyBro's want to know!
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