Motutapu Camp

Motutapu Camp

On Monday 2nd of May 2010, Syndicate D and Room 28 went to Motutapu Island for camp.

Syndicate D and Room 28 met at Half Moon Bay to catch the ferry to Motutapu Island. The ferry ride was about 40 minutes. When we landed at the ferry landing we waited until the ferry went back to Half Moon Bay.

Then we had to go for a long walk to get to Motutapu Outdoor Education Camp. The long walk was 6.5k. When we got there we went into our dorms and put our luggage beside our beds. Then we had to get ready for our first activity.

Our first activity was sailing. I was with Andrew C for sailing. Andrew and I never tipped over in our sailing boat. Then we had our second activity it was raft building. It was was Room 28 vs Room 28 B. Room 28's raft didn't have a name but Room 28 A's had a name. Our raft was called Chinese Takeaways. When we put the raft into the water our raft stayed on for the longest. So the Chinese Takeaways won!!!

After our second activity we had to get ready for dinner. So we had to have a shower. When it was dinner time Room 28 got to go first to chose a table. For dinner we had nachos and for dessert we had chocolate fudge. It was yummy. Then we had night activities. I did hall activities it was fun. After the hall activities we had supper it was Milo and a biscuits. Also we had to do our camp diary. After that we went to sleep but nobody could sleep because everyone was excited about the next day.

When everyone woke up for Day 2 it was about 6:30am. We got ready for breakfast we had cereal and hot food. After breakfast we had our first activity it was rock climbing. I made it to the top on the first one which was the easy one. After rock climbing we had confidence course. We beat Room 28 B.

After that we had lunch, for lunch we had a subway sandwich. It was nice. Then we had to get ready for our next activity it was kayaking. I had a little bit of trouble at first but I got better while I was doing kayaking. After that we had scary high ropes. But it wasn't that scary when you reached the top.

Then we got ready for dinner. For dinner we had spaghetti bolognaise. It was really yummy. After the dinner we had night activities which was spotlight. It was a fun game. After spotlight we had supper, Milo and a biscuit. Then it was lights out for Day 2.

On Day 3 we got up early for breakfast. For breakfast we had the same thing cereal and hot food. Our first activity was the gun walk. It was cool when you went through a tunnel where you couldn't see anything. then we did was Archery. Archery was awesome. I got a bull's eye.

Then we had lunch for lunch we had hotdogs. It was really nice. After lunch we had survivor challenge. It was fun. I fell into the muddy water on the tyres. After the survivor challenge we went through the stream and then got washed off. The last activity we did was orienteering. It was hard but still fun. Then we had to get ready for dinner.

For dinner we had sticky chicken with vegetables. It was nice because I like chicken. For dessert we had jelly and ice - cream. It was delicious. Our final night activity was the Burma Trail. It wasn't that scary. Then when Mr Crowhurst told the story it sounded scary. Then we had our Milo and biscuit, then lights out.

On Day 4 we had electives where we could choose any 3 activities. I chose Frisbee Golf then movies and the last one sailing. When we did Frisbee Golf we walked where the gun walk was. It was fun. We went downhill and uphill. I nearly lost my Frisbee. Then I had movies. The movie was relaxing. We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was a funny movie. Then we had lunch. For lunch we had Macaroni Cheese. There were 3 flavours of it. Then we had our last elective which was sailing. But unfortunately sailing was cancelled. So we did low ropes. Low Ropes is just like high ropes but low. We did not need a helmet or a harness. Low Ropes was kind of hard. Then we had dinner.

For dinner we had a yummy roast. It was so yummy I has seconds. For dessert we had apple crumble with custard. For our night activity everyone watched the camp concert. I think it was entertaining. After we had supper then to bed.

We woke up early the next morning for breakfast and also packing up our luggage to get ready to go home. After our breakfast we continued to pack. When we had finished packing we put our luggage on the basketball courts. Our luggage went on the truck and was driven down to where the ferry was. We were ready to go on the long walk to the ferry. The long walk was quicker than going to the campsite. We stopped for lunch. For lunch we had bread rolls which had luncheon in them. Also we had fruit. Then we had to walk another 15 minutes to where the ferry was. Then we hopped on to the ferry for 40 minutes then we arrived at Half Moon Bay. I was so happy to be home. When I got off the ferry I saw my mum and I was glad to be home.