While it was a free day, much of it was spent finishing course journals and the slide show and preparing for the last get together at night in nearby Prebbleton. We gathered together the students, lecturers, and friends - all essential in making our adventures successful and fun! With thanks, we celebrated our time together and enjoyed the slide show of our New Zealand experience. Collectively, we took over 10,000 photos in the past few weeks. Some of us took over 1,000 in just one day. Needless to say, creating a slideshow that captured the essence of our special time together is daunting. We chose to go with basics and a few good laughs (like warm up exercises, reminders of killer-attack Weta, salt and pepper shakers, etc.) sprinkled in. And, we had an extra special glipse of a place few humans ever see/set foot -- Campbell Island. Colin brought along a slide show of his remarkable summer adventure on this farthest south island of NZ. Campbell Island is also the inspiration for the artwork on the Kiwi $5 bill. You can learn more and see some of the wondrous plants and animals of this place (including the New Zealand Snipe) here.
Not wanting to think about going home, we relived memorable times together over the last five weeks. Again, special thanks to our students for diving into our adventures with great enthusiasm, our guest lecturers for sharing their time and expertise, and our friends and families for their support. Thanks also to our students for the special Koha treasures - very thoughtful and special. Our time together, will be cherished.
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