Marshall

The last time I remember having a holiday was when I was 10 or 12 it was two weeks working on a farming in the North Island of NZ In the morning we would get up re-stoke the Cole range put a pot of coffee on the Cole range and it would be nice and hot for breakfast in a couple of hours. I would help with the feeding out with the sheep and cattle, this would take two to three hours, at the same time picking up dead lambs that had not survived birth, these would be taken to the front gate to be picked up, (this is where most of the very soft leather for gloves and clothes come from). Around breakfast time, dinner is put in to the Cole range and very slowly cooked to be ready for dinner time. After breakfast it is decided if the motorbikes or the horse will be taken out that day to do the work. I sat on the back of the motorbikes. A lot of the day is moving sheep and cattle, helping animals give birth, repairing fences, pulling stuck animals out of the places and caring for sick animals. Most of the food is either grown or killed on the farm, not much is bought. At night it is very relaxing, after a big meal you do what you want.

From Marshall