July 20
We traveled by steamship on the TSS Earnslaw across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Sheep Station. At Walter Peak we learned about life on a sheep farm, saw sheepdogs run through their paces and watched a sheep shearing demonstration. It was a sunny winter day and we enjoyed having a traditional English tea at the farm. Did you know there at 10 sheep to each person in New Zealand? This area raises Merino sheep for the prized merino wool. The farm also raises cattle and deer! Deer farming is extensive in New Zealand with exports to Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the US.
I attended a Rotary Club meeting in Queenstown this evening and talked with a deer farmer as well as an elementary school teacher and high school principal in Queenstown. Many nice people!
