Windy Welly

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Having final picked my last apple i've travelled South to Capital City and become a Wwoofer again! Wellington City itself has about the population of Newcastle but is a lot less developed and has nature right on its doorstep. Its basically built on mountains, which are amazing, and remind me somewhat of Bergen without the snow. On a good day you can see the South Island.

As you can see from the photos i've visited the Parliament of NZ, which was very interesting if, well you are me!. I was impressed by the openness and lack of OTT security - Tony Blair and the high tech screens no where to be seen! I've just read the Guardian article with him saying that taking away the liberty of the majority is okay because 'its what everyone wants' - WHAT but people want all kinds of things that doesn't make them a good idea! I think you should all give serious consideration to the idea that he might have gone mad. Sorry this is a travel blog i know....

So, I meet up with my French friends, Flav and Val, (who I know from apple picking) and had an exciting night sleeping in a tent on the beach. I now know why this town is called 'Windy Welly'! I've got a few pics from the top of the hill when we took to famous cable car to get views of the city and students playing bizzard games. The outer town areas look a little bit like, what I imagine San Francisco to look, but i'll have to get Steve to confirm that.

Since last Monday I've been Wwoofing in Whiteman's valley for a couple with their three girls, the eight year old has became my full time assistant helping me to paint the roof and feed the chickens. Althought I did make some money from apple picking and some great friends its much better to not be thinking about cash all the time. Being a Wwoofer is really great, beacuse it can make you really think about yourself and how you live. I would recommend it to you all - you can do it in the UK (well maybe when its summer), hell I can make some of my own food - Just ask Thea if thats possible, anything is!

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