A cloudy morning turned into yet another beautiful day. A day filled with plant propagation, seed collection and interesting chat, the last day of my volunteering month was completed. Loving every minute of the project work, further volunteering opportunities may be considered. Keen to see the output of a week of seedling work, I may … Continue reading Reflections on a Month Gone By
Volunteering
Creating life on Kangaroo Island
I woke up to face day 2 of the last week of my volunteering. Located at the Habitat Restoration Project of the Kangaroo Island Nationally Threatened Plant Programme, we are helping to prepare for the island's annual tree planting festival in July. Aiming to reinstate habitats for native plants, we were sent out to collect … Continue reading Creating life on Kangaroo Island
Pine Trees, Blue Lakes and Onward Travel
Awaking yet again to the sound of rain, it was time to get up and address the backpack. Clothes rolled and bags prepared, the gifts of sleeping bag, torch and gloves, having been put to good use, were put away. Tasked with the Christmas garden Olympics task in reverse, unfortunately not as fast as the … Continue reading Pine Trees, Blue Lakes and Onward Travel
A Bit Dreich and Dreary
Awaking at 7am, rain pounding on the tent, I was sure I had woken up in Scotland! Enveloped in the first proper rain in the region for 2 months, we have not timed our camping trip well! Spirits down, but with pine trees awaiting, we headed to the national park. The naked and famous and … Continue reading A Bit Dreich and Dreary
A reminder of Christmas
After a day that could rival the UK weather wise, we awoke to another cool, murky morning. Our task in Nelson - to rid Lower Glenelg National Park of non native pine trees and to GPS mark their locations. De-tented and fuelled up, we headed back to the same site as the day before. A … Continue reading A reminder of Christmas
Progress and Plans Being Made
The previous hot day made it difficult to sleep and I was also preoccupied over whether I had made a wrong decision in the East/West debate. Phone playing up again, poor signal and wifi unattainable after 6pm, I was unable to check my emails or even manage a short sentence in response to Dave due … Continue reading Progress and Plans Being Made
