The world of Covid-19 has forced some people to switch their livelihoods around entirely.
Linda Calder now works at Hawthorne Coffee.
Photo: RNZ / Tim Kitchin
A Havelock North woman used to sell safari trips to Africa but now she’s working as a coffee roaster.
Linda Calder, of Getaway Solutions, is one of about 17,000 women in New Zealand who left the tourism industry – far higher than the number of men.
In Africa, she was used to lions roaming around vehicles, hyenas chewing car tyres and an elephant’s trunk sniffing around people’s faces.
That has been replaced by the sounds and sights of coffee – the sorting of the beans, the turning of the coffee roaster and the rich, dark chocolate scent of her cafe’s latest blend.
Calder’s life has been turned upside down due to Covid-19.
A self-described safari travel designer, she fell in love with Africa during an OE.
She spends most of the year in Hawke’s Bay, but usually travels to Africa at least once a year.
At the start…
