Leaving NZ for schools in Australians Outback

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From Picton we crossed Cook Strait in perfect conditions to Wellington, the capital of NZ.
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There we were invited by family Dave & Margaret Allison and Mohammad Ali Amiri to stay in their house.
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The next day we picked up some brochures from the Swiss Embassy that we are going to use during our workshops in the schools.
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Dave showed us around Wellington. Wind farms are becoming quite popular in this windy corner of NZ, where the wind is tunneled by the South – and North Island in the opening of Cook Strait.
Very interesting was the NZ national museum where you can learn a lot about climate change and why Mount Cook dropped 10 m. Salina was most impressed by the original model of a blue whale heart:
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Now we are off to Austalia and the Outback where we are invited in the Barcaldine Shire to visit some really remote schools…

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