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Name: okere
Country: lome togo
Date Posted: 06:28, 10 03 2007
Message: ilove your site ohhhhhhhhhh
Name: Mike & Deborah
Country: Kentucky, USA
Date Posted: 18:16, 04 03 2007
Message: Our time was brief with you in February 2007, as our agent had booked us on the cruise in Akaroa. However brief, no matter the constant drizzle, we count our visit as one of the highlights of our stay in NZ. Murray, if you weren't a farmer, you'd be a poet or writer. (Perhpas you are that too!)So enjoyed the history and stories. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Sue, you're home and gardens are as lovely as you. Thanks for your warm hospitality. Hope we can return one day for a longer stay!
Name: Patrick & Petra
Country: switzerland
Date Posted: 08:28, 09 02 2007
Message: It was such a great time.
One of our highlight in New Zealand
We will recommend it.
Thank you again
Best Regards from switzerland
Name: Bev Collins
Country: USA
Date Posted: 18:41, 03 02 2007
Message: We had a delightful day visiting Paua Bay farm. Murray and Sue Johns are 5th generation Akaroa farmers running a sheep/cattle/deer operation on the coast east of Akaroa. They picked us up at the Akaroa Info Centre and shared their entire afternoon with us. Surely they did the usual sheep-shearing-demonstration-event, but in addition they were bright and warm and kind and we all finished the afternoon around their garden table over tea and scones with laughter and lively conversation. Highest recommendation for the experience.
Name: Gwen
Country: Hannover, Germany
Date Posted: 02:49, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Gwen
City: Hannover
Country: Germany
Sent: Friday December 23 2005 11:02:04 PM
Sue, Murray, just found the "new" website! It�s really nice!
Looking through it brings back to my mind all the memories
of my stay with you! It was such a great time! To everybody
reading this: Don�t miss Paua Bay and the tour! And also
don�t miss staying a night or two on the farm! Lot�s of Love
from Gwen, the wwoofer
Name: Jim & Heidi
Country: Seattle, USA
Date Posted: 02:47, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Jim Wilkerson
City: Seattle
Country: USA
Sent: Wednesday January 4 2006 9:52:42 PM
Dear Sue and Murray - thank you so much for the wonderful
tour of your farm. We both enjoyed it thoroughly and have
highly recommended it to others in our group. Many thanks
to Bernd as well for the exciting drive over from Akaroa.
A great tour, not to be missed!
Thank you again - Best Regards
Jim and Heidi Wilkerson
Name: Jeremy Lezin
Country: USA
Date Posted: 02:46, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Jeremy Lezin
City: Santa Cruz
Country: USA
Sent: Wednesday February 8 2006 6:29:56 AM
Wendy and I took the Akaroa farm tour yesterday after two
weeks of touring New Zealand. I must say that the tour
ranked right up there with the best things that we've don
on this trip. Murray is a wonderful host and makes
everyone on this inimate tour feel, smell and experience
life on a rural sheep farm. Highpoints for me? Shearing
the sheep, learning about Murray's ancestors, watching the
sheep dog race up a vertical hill and corral a flock of
sheep in minutes . . . all capped off with hot scones and
jam with tea in the farmer's home. Also blessedly missing
were the accoutrement of normal tours: buses, translations,
and posed situations. This is the real thing and I HIGHLY
recommend it to anyone coming to the Akaroa area. And if
it isn't in your plans . . . make it so! Jeremy & Wendy
Name: Nicola & Ron
Country: London, UK
Date Posted: 02:44, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Nicola Ranson
City: London
Country: UK
Sent: Thursday February 9 2006 5:35:42 PM
The sheep tour was the best afternoon we spent on our New
Zealand trip!
What a divine place -- with one of the best views in New
Zealand!
Sue and Murray made us completely welcome and utterly at
home - it was very difficult to leave!
All the best
Nicola and Ron
Name: Jaspert
Country: Netherlands
Date Posted: 02:42, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Jaspert
City: Leny
Country: Netherlands
Sent: Sunday February 12 2006 8:55:42 AM
Last January we visited the farm and enjoyed it very much.
The history of the farm and the farmers, working with the
sheep, the rams from Texel, sheep shearing, the house and
the garden: perfect.
specially the jacuzzi in the garden, great.
Name: Jerry & Pam
Country: Nebraska, USA
Date Posted: 02:40, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Jerry & Pam Gardner
City: Nebraska
Country: USA
Sent: Saturday March 11 2006 1:31:11 AM
Greetings from our Nebraska ranch. I was your champion
drafter on Feb 05.06, thanks for the 2 bottles of beer.
Our tour with you folks was the highlite of our NZ trip,
as I related very well to your farm environment.
We have been drafting Angus cattle and branding the baby
calves the past few weeks.
We really liked New Zealand.
Name: Louisa
Country: Plymouth, UK
Date Posted: 02:39, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Louisa
City: Plymouth
Country: UK
Sent: Thursday June 22 2006 5:30:36 PM
Love the new website. Can't help reminiscing about the
wonderful time we had when we stayed with you in June 05 -
where has the time gone? Hope to come and see you again
one day, if you ever get to the UK look us up!
Love
Louisa and Laurence xx
Name: D. Bruins
Country: Nederland
Date Posted: 02:37, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: D. Bruins
City: Zaanstad
Country: Nederland
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:04:44 AM
One of the best tours in New Zealand and thanks for your
hospitality.
And yes we have shorn cows in the past.
Name: Guenther & Recarda
Country: Germany
Date Posted: 02:35, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Guenter & Recarda Schiemann
City: Weilerswist
Country: Germany
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:07:37 AM
Wir hatten ein sehr informatives, persoenliches und
zugleich sehr freundliches Farmerlebnis am 22.11.06
Vielen Dank, wir werden Sie weiterempfehlen.
Name: Becky & Mike
Country: UK
Date Posted: 02:34, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Becky & Mike Rice
Country: UK
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:11:35 AM
Thouroughly enjoyable tour, very personal and interactive.
Lived up to all expectations and more.
As a suggestion - maybe visitors could have a go at using
the whistle to control the dogs. Is that possible?
Name: Sean & Patricia
Country: Vienna, VA, USA
Date Posted: 02:32, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Sean Coeey & Patricia Miranda
City: Vienna, VA
Country: USA
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:14:21 AM
We had a wonderful time and learned a lot and we bet lots
of folks passing through Christchurch and Akaroa would be
interested.
Thank you very much
Name: Meizi Diezer
Country: Israel
Date Posted: 02:30, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Meizi Diezer
City: Weltchet
Country: Israel
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:16:42 AM
It was a spectacular advantage.
We will recommend it. Thanks
Name: Alisa Johnstone
Country: Scotland
Date Posted: 02:27, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Alisa Johnstone
City: Tranent, East Lothian
Country: Scotland
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:18:26 AM
Great day, lots of fun.
Will never forget it, thank you
Name: Anthony
Country: New Zealand
Date Posted: 02:22, 17 01 2007
Message: Name: Anthony
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand
Sent: Friday December 1 2006 12:20:19 AM
Great tour to us.
Please have even more chances for hand-on activities.
Thank you
Name: Bob McMeeking
Country: New Zealand
Date Posted: 23:32, 16 01 2007
Message: Bob McMeeking
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand
Sent: Wednesday December 13 2006 5:39:54 AM
Yours is a first class presentation, authentic in every
way. It meets all the expectations from visitors, do not
change anything.
Murrays potted history of his family involvement, Sue's
scones and Bernd's friendly welcoming, all very well
received.
Top marks, thank you
Copy from Dec. 13, 2006
Name: Ken Mayer
Country: City: Madison, Wisconain
Date Posted: 06:51, 16 01 2007
Message: Murrey and Sue: we took the wonderful tour today, and I
managed to misplace the questionnaire. We wanted to let
you know that w thoroughly enjoyed our time with you, and
found the information and demonstrations fascinating. We
have some exposure to farm culture in Wisconsin, where
there are many similarities: farmers need a strong bank,
strong desire to farm, and a love of the land. It was
beautiful to see everything operating.
If you would like us to fill out the form, can you email a
copy to [email protected]?
Best: Ken Mayer
copy from Sunday December 17 2006
Name: Sharon Burns
Country: Canada
Date Posted: 06:47, 16 01 2007
Message: I was one of the highlights of my trip to New Zealand.
Beautiful farm, great scenery.
Wonderful to see the dogs working
Thank you
copy from Wednesday December 27 2006 10:25:01 PM
Name: Janet McLaughlin
Country: UK
Date Posted: 04:44, 16 01 2007
Message: Extremely enjoyable tour, great personal touch.
We will tell everyone back home to visit you when they come to NZ.
Name: Rebecca, Julia & Kate
Country: Christchurch
Date Posted: 17:19, 17 12 2006
Message: Our Visit to Paua Bay was a wonderful experience. The
action with your dogs and sheep was fascinating and we
enjoyed every moment of our trip. Murray & Sue are
wonderful people, they really make you feel welcome.
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