Sunday, June 24, 2012

next stop, ohakune


I have been wanting to visit Ohakune for quite some time. What's special? There's a giant carrot in the town, much like there's a pineapple in Sarikei. Some of the smaller towns in New Zealand often have a symbol to represent their town.  So we arrived with no carrots in sight.  

Found a little playground where the boys could spend a bit of time to chill out. Noel wasted no time practising his fireman going down the pole while abel tried the slides.
 
 
 

Ohakune started out as a market gardens. People would plant lots of veggies commercially, and it is still known today for its huge carrots.

Noel posing with a flax seeds.

Finally we drove don the main street and found the carrot but only a little disappointed they had painted it black for Last Year's RUGBY WORLD CUP.
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