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#Improved communication skills; increased physical fitness #Appreciation for the value of nature; positive thinking #Time for self-reflection
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-Conservation volunteer work in Australia, the vast continent, with foreign friends 4-week gap year / Choi Ji-hye, Gap Year Tribe gapper
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#I joined because I wanted to learn more about nature and the environment.
The reason I chose this project — team members in Australia asked me a lot too — the first reason isI wanted to see kangaroos in a place that isn''t a zoo.
And the second reason was I wanted to resolve the concerns I''d been worrying about through this gap year.I was curious about why we should protect nature, so I joined wanting to learn more about nature and the environment, and that seems to have been my gap year goal.
I didn''t have any worries before leaving the country. Ihad already participated in various projects through Korea Gap Year. I wasn''t worried, but I was a bit concerned about the accommodation.
Work isIt starts at 8 AM and finishes at 2 or 3. TiFor leader Ken, who likes tea time, lunch gets extended so it finishes at 4 or 5. It''s different every day but one dayWe also pull weeds, plant trees, and do simple tasks. But if you do it in the hot summer you really feel roasted.
A week after I started I injured my leg while digging with a shovel and had to go to the hospital supported while crying.I wondered whether the friends I met there had incredible stamina or I was weak; they went out every weekend and I just couldn''t keep up. I also remember them begging me every night to go to the bar.
One day, we were at the reserve pulling weeds like crazy to protect the mountain, and in the nearby neighborhood they were burning the mountain and trees to build a new building? factory. Seeing that, I wondered why I had to do this, but still I thought that because we were there, things might get at least a little better.
Even though I''m not good at English, they waited until I could finish speaking so I could do well — I''m really grateful. And the work wasn''t difficult; it was just that it was really hard because it was summer.
It was hot and scorching, the weeds were huge, and the rakes were really sharp. Everyone, bring sturdy shoes — mine got ruined and I ended up throwing them away. I thought everyone would cry on the last day, but we still spent it smiling!
And on the last day the team said our stamina had improved a lot compared to the beginning — could that really be true..? haha
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