Firstly I am sorry that I didn't post
something for such a lonng time but for a week or so I had no
internet and I some other stuff to do.
On this Tuesday we did one of the best
trips with school!
Mark our personal tour guide drove us
to a farm/ animal reserve on the Otago Peninsula.
Maggie had booked two tours the first
one was the wildlife tour we all really enjoyed. We got some green
coats for the mudd because it had been a rainy week and then we sat
in little vehicles that looked similar to golf cars. It was so much
fun to drive up and down these little hills and we had some stops to
observe some birds. But that wasn't so interesting we all were very
keen on watching the many seals all around the coast. :)
Finally we saw seals and seal babys
very close and they were soooo cute <3 But the best thing was when
we walk in something like an underground tunnel and I took a photo of
a baby seals 10cm close!!!!!
Unfortunately we had too leave early
because the seals don't like human smell and the mal seals could
become aggressive.
Our final stop was the penguin
watching. In New Zealand you can watch a lot different peniguins. We
saw the little blue penguin and the yellow eyed penguin. The little
blue penguin are soo cute and fluffy but we weren't allowed to take
photos or rather just walk on their special penguin beach because
that could endanger the babys.
To see the yellow eyed penguin was
something very special. They are very endangered as rare as a tiger
or a rhino! There are just about 500 left in the whole world (New
Zealand because they just live there). The photos I will post were
not taken by myself but I will show you how they look like.
This was the amazing wildlife pur but
the sheep farm was very cool as well.
First we saw how the farm dogs drove
the sheep into their stables and we laerned something about the
different kinds of sheep and about their benefit. Then the farmer
chose one sheep to demonstrate how to shear a sheep. We weren't
allowed to do it because we could have hurt the sheep badly. It looks
so easy and the tool looks similar to a shaver from the hairdresser
but it's very difficult and a lot of practice is needed to be able to
do this.
The sheep itself looked a bit
unforunate but it had no pain and they have a bad mind so they forget
about it quickly. The seconf point is that they do feel better after
they lost all their heavy whool.
Its like a relief because if there
whool is too long and it rains the sheep could just fall down. That
sounds dump but sheeo are not able to stand up then and they would
die. The also have a different digestive system compared to humans or
cows.. and their stomach would turn and they would die too.
Then we all got a piece of sheep whool
and it smelled excactly like bepanten creme from the farmacy.
Unfortunately the sheep whole business is a bit like the mikl
business in Germany and the prices are very unsteady so they don't
get eough money for the whool and the work they do.
We also learned to what objects sheep
whool is processed. Did you know that a good quality tennis ball is
made of whool?!
The highlight was at the end when 4
lambs walked in and I could feed one! We took a lot of photos with
them in oour arms..
This was one of my favourite day and I
recommend this trip to everybody who comes to Dunedin.
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