Weekend of Labour

This weekend was a busy one. That's the reason its called Labour Weekend.

Most of the weekend was taken up with catching up on garden jobs now that the weather has warmed up. On Saturday I dug out a bank of mud down the side of the house and built a retaining wall. Amelia helped by getting stuck in with the spade as well and shifted a surprising amount of dirt and clay for a 5 year old girl.

On Sunday we packed up the girls and drove out to Staglands Wildlife Park. I'd never been there before, and the drive is memorable. 17 km of sealed goat track through the Akatarawa's to get there. It was worth the visit though. Those that know me, know I hate zoo's with a fairly unbridled passion. African wildlife has no business being caged in Wellington to make money off the ignorant. However as Staglands focused on local wildife in an appropraite setting I was prepared to cut it some slack. Besides the local birds, sheep, horses and pigs probably had it better than they would of on most farms.

Highlight of the day was getting two great shots of the girls on the back of a ricktery but rustic wooden wagon.

Quite like these shots. More shots of the day are here.