We spent a night in our van in Kaikohe before we started WWOOFing the next day. Getting a feel for the town was nice, grabbed some free internet at the local library, and ate some McDonald's fries...whoops. This town is quite rural with a big Maori population. So rural in fact, we slept with the cows. Can you see their eyes? They came right up to the fence where our van was parked.
There was a memorial site for a Maori chief at the top of a hill that looked promising. What a great view we found there!
There was a point of interest on the map for something called the Ngawha Springs. We decided to check it out. For 5 bucks, it was one hot hot hot experience. There were 8 natural pools, and the hottest one got up to 45 degrees Celsius!
Now we are WWOOFing with Mike and Vanessa on a farm just south of Kaikohe. So far we have fed young calves, pulled out a chicken wire fence from underneath overgrown weeds, and learned how to drive the quad so we're adjusting to farm life nicely.
