I couldn't be more excited to be taking a trip to Australia & New Zealand! My friend Sara and I will be going on an adventure on the other side of the globe.
We will be flying into Sydney and spending a couple days there, then spending a few days in Melbourne, then we fly to Auckland, NZ and will be picking up Lucky Rookie (LR), our faithful campervan. We will be driving and sleeping in LR as we journey all the way from the tippy top of the north island to the very bottom of the south island!
As the obsessive planner that I am, Sara & I made a 15 page google doc itinerary of our plans for just about every day that we are gone, although from all the adventures I've gone on, I know how easy it is for something to go wrong and for our itinerary to be thrown off!
After Sara leaves to go back to the states, I'm planning on staying in NZ a few weeks longer to WWOOF! WWOOF stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms, I will basically "work" for a family-- they will provide me housing and 3 meals a day in exchange for 4-6 hours of work a day. I've been searching the WWOOF database & I'm finding loads of awesome wwoofing opportunities. I quickly learned it's not just organic farming... there are people looking for help at their bar, restaurant, yoga retreat center, watching their kids, working on their vineyard, and more. I've been in touch with a few families so I'm excited to have a little, well a lot, of unknown to my adventure! One of my favorite parts of my past adventures was staying with host families, so I'm thrilled to make this a part of my new adventures so that I can learn more about the kiwi culture.
And for those of you who think I'm talking about a fruit (Dad), the Kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand, and the locals call themselves Kiwis.
Cheers to the adventures ahead-- and America, I'll see you in March!
Sending Smiles from Chicago,
Rebecca
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