MASSIVE UPDATE

Wow!!!!! 
So being without internet means theres a lot of stuff I get to update all of you on! (all 2 of you who read my blog...lol)

Gah! Where to start??

Well WWOOFing is over. That part of the journey has been completed. We were with two people, Tania and Howard Edmunds who are seriously some of the coolest people I've ever met in my life.

They lived abroad in South Africa (woo!) for 5 years, and Howard was born in Kenya, moved to England, then to Australia. And has been on his property for over 40 years now. He actually lives in the house he grew up in!

Anywho they own an opera company and I was able to get a professional voice lesson while I was there (oof, my voice is OUT OF SHAPE). We did a lot of weeding in the garden, getting rid of rubbish and fallen leaves, etc. Really easy work. And we did our share of cooking and cleaning as well. They had a spa that they insisted we use often. (and it was).

They took us to a dinner theater where Liz and I got to dress up too! Yay black and red cocktail dress! 

They also took us down to Surfer's Paradise a couple times where I surfed for the first time in my life!! And I was actually able to stand up!

We also spend two nights in Byron Bay. TOTAL hippie town--but not in an obnoxious way. In a way that makes you feel cool to just be there. We met tons of really awesome people and went to some cool clubs and walked the beach at night and fried on the beach during the day! We picked a bad time... during "Schoolies." Apparently in Australia the seniors who graduated all take a week off to just party and drink and be stupid... which as you can imagine can get.. sloppy. These kids dont know their limits or how to be smart. So it gets to be a bit crazy. Luckily Liz and I were able to avoid Schoolies most of the time.

At our hostel we met a ton of different new people from all over! 

We even played some Hold 'Em... and I won. The boys at Waiteata would have been proud of me. :) WOOOOO! (i wish money had been involved...lol). 

I also got to hang out with my old flatmate Andy in Brisbane!! We spent an entire day together and it was awesome-sauce. :) Anyways, now I'm in Waiteata sitting with my friend Hoiran and enjoying my time in Wellington. :D