Saturday 9 April A fine day

A fine day begun with a hearty cooked brunch at the cafe and catching up with our friends and DOC rangers Amy and Andrew over a glass of in the evening.

Our certificate of appreciation

Our good deed for the day was to help Andrew prise his 'mule', the 4WD golf buggy, out of a muddy hole at the rubbish tip. Earlier in the day he'd backed down a slope to facilitate throwing gardening waste over the edge and ended up stuck. David and I, mostly David, helped pushing and shoving blocks of wood under the wheels, lifting the front and back chassis with levers and finally me behind the wheel as Andrew and David rocked the vehicle to get purchase. I shot up the hill narrowly missing the trees with a sharp left to avoid the ditch on the right and we were free. Hurrah! Satisfying to feel you've helped the local islanders! For our sterling effort Andrew awarded us an official Certificate of Appreciation for our contribution to conversation, or should that be conservation?