Kia Ora from New Zealand! This is only the second time I’ve been in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s quite nice to be walking around in shorts and swimming in the ocean in December.

I’ve spent the past 3 weeks WWOOFing on a permaculture farm about an hour north of Auckland. The property is run by a woman named Audrey, and there are many WWOOFers coming through from various parts of the world: France (so many French!), Germany, Netherlands, America. The land itself is beautiful, consisting of 20 acres of forestry, fauna, streams, and walking paths. Our work included planting, mulching, clearing bush, feeding chickens, cleaning, and building a huge community earth oven. I didn’t end up learning much about permaculture or farming, but it was a nice first stop that introduced me to many things about NZ.

Part of my morning run