After a morning of tree felling, non native of course, we finished early to avoid the forecasted 39 degrees. Our team leader took us to Nigretta falls. Dried up at this time of year, we sat by the lake at the top of the falls and had our lunch. On walking back to the car, … Continue reading Seeing the sun in a different light….
Volunteering
Linguistically challenged
Amazed by how effective knowing 'good' and 'not good' in Korean is for various situations, and picking the language up quickly enough to use in conversations effectively, my German housemates have also refreshed all the German I know. Not wanting the Belgian to feel left out, I have been trying to use French also. I … Continue reading Linguistically challenged
Fajitas and Mt Rouse
An early start for a new week of volunteering. Doing my favourite thing, which we shall now call non native species removal for the purposes of the CV, at least I felt a bit more purpose and was able to see some progress being made. Updated, we were told that we would be beach bound … Continue reading Fajitas and Mt Rouse
And so four headed west…
And so a Belgian, two Koreans and myself headed for Southern Cross train station. Unsterotypically, us girls with our 17kg backpacks, and the boys with their suitcases! The train to Ballarat, and then the coach onto Hamilton, with pictures to mark our transit. Treated to an orange sunset for a large part of the journey, … Continue reading And so four headed west…
Quarries, Bushfire Blacksmiths and New Companions
Whilst struggling with the conservation part, there was still fun to be had. Time spent with Korean housemates proved enjoyable and now able to speak a little Korean, and having shared some englishisms, my week still held purpose and life lessons. On the Thursday we went to a quarry. I took upon it myself to … Continue reading Quarries, Bushfire Blacksmiths and New Companions
West to Kangaroo Island or east to Kangaroo Valley…
A blog entry later than expected due to a tumultuous couple of days. Having been excited to start my project I was more than a little disappointed to find my first couple of days mainly consisting of weeding and rubbish collection, and in sanctuaries rather than the wild. It became apparent that we were doing … Continue reading West to Kangaroo Island or east to Kangaroo Valley…
