Crazy Punga, the employee's nickname for Punga Cove Resort and rightfully so. I had never worked a day in the hospitality industry so stepping into two months of it at the peak season in one of the busiest tourisism areas of New Zealand became, for lack of a better term, an eye opener. When you … Continue reading Crazy Punga
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Punga Cove – How we spent 8 weeks
One of the best stories of our time working at Punga Cove Resort starts before we even began our employment there. We knew that the Christmas and New Year timeframe would be the busiest and most expensive to be a tourist, and so we figured that if we could get a job then it would … Continue reading Punga Cove – How we spent 8 weeks
Got The Plot Farm, Part 2
Part 2 of 2 recounting the highlights of our farming experience: The Compost Pile - We worked like mules and at the end of the day had a rotting pile of poop with a tarp on top! One of the rules of organic farming is that all compost has to come up over 56 degrees … Continue reading Got The Plot Farm, Part 2
Boots to Birks 