Reading

Today we had to silent reading for ten minutes I read the book The Ice Monster  story I found it on the shelf in M1 this is the cover of my book 

Term 3 Reflections

This week what I noticed about my feelings and emotions was:

• Happy
• calm
• Rested

Happy I felt happy because i got to come back to school and see my

friends and family and i got to do my school work

Rested I felt Rested Because I just came back from a holiday and I got a proper

Sleep when I got back

Calm I felt calm Because I got to see my friends and the rest of my family plus I

Didn't have to be carped in a tight (small) place

Day 14 Nelson

Day 14  Nelson

In Nelson we stayed at the Tahuna Beach Kiwi Holiday Park & motel.This was a cool place to park up the campervan and give it a recharge.they had cool things there like a playground with a big inflatable air pillow pedal go carts and a mini golf coarse.We went to the Nelson fun park were we went to the trampoline park there and we went on the go carts they were faster then the pedal ones because they rain off gas

Day 13 pancake rocks

Day 13

Today we were on the way to Nelson we stopped off at 2 places we first stopped at at the pancake rocks and the blow holes the blow holes are really cool but it was not high tided so they were not that big the pancake rocks were cool because they were stack on top of each other then we went to the swing bridge it was the longest swing bridge it was 110m long it was kind of scary going across 

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Day 12 Hokitika

Day 12

Today we arived in Hokitika we stayed one night and here are some of the things we did.

1.went to Hokitika gorge for a walk
2.Did the Hokitika tree top walk this was cool because you were walking throw the tops of the tree on a bridge it had good view and we could here lots of birds
3.had a look at Hokitika town senter witch was small and near the beach so we went to the beach and we found some drift wood
4.when it was dark we went to the glow warm cave all we could see were white shiny dots there were lots of them because they all were glow worms

Day 11 moeraki boulders

Day 11 Moeraki boulders

Today we left Dunedin to see the Moeraki boulders we had to walk down near the beach to see them there were lots of them me and my brother stood on one he fell off and got his foot wet because there was a wave coming in, here are some fun facts about the Moeraki boulders

1.There are over 50 boulders along koekohe beach
2.The biggest boulders weigh over 7 tons and measure over 2 meters across
3.It took about 2 million year for the largest boulders to form there current size.The tiny fragments however began forming about 60 million years ago

we then left the boulders and drove to Oamaru to see the big rainbow lolly factory shop. We brought some lollies for the rest of our Holiday and took a photo outside the shop doing a dab.

Day 10 Dunedin

Day 10 Dunedin

Today we went to the museum to see our granddads lions that got killed in Lawrence because they got out of there cages when they were doing a show there names were Sonia and Sultan. There is also a kids book that was made about them escaping and walking the streets of Lawrance before the local police had to shoot them for safety.The book is called the Lawrance Lions.Sonia got scared while out and scratched a kid with her claws. The boy was ok and just need to get some stitches. We also went to the city center which is called the octagon and had lunch. Dunedin also has the worlds steepest street which is called Baldwin street here are my photos.

Photos from rugby game

Day 9 Dunedin

Day 9 Dunedin

It took us 3 hours to get to Dunedin from Queenstown. That night we went to a ruby game at Forsyth Barr stadium it was Crusaders vs Highlanders. This is the first time we have have been to this ground we liked it because it had a roof on it so we did not get wet or cold i like this ground better then the one in chch it was weird because everyone was going for the Highlanders but we were going for the Crusaders. The end score was 40 to the Crusaders and 20 to the Highlanders the crowed was loud and they had a special area for the uni students which was called the zoo and that is were all the noise came from.

Day 8 Queenstown

Day 8 Queenstown

Today is our last day in Queenstown so we left our coolest activity to last which is the skyline gondola ride up the hill and the luge down the hill. The view from on top of the hill was beautiful.The luge was easy to drive but it was really fast you push the handle bar forward to go and pull the handle bar back to slow down it has no brakes.We got to go on the luge 5 times and i liked racing my family down to the bottom.after we finished the luge we got into the campervan and drove to our next town which was Dunedin.

 

Day 7 Queenstown

Day 7 Queenstown

Today when we woke up in queenstown it was really cold but it was a nice sunny day outside so we went down to the playground we walked around the town to find a cool place to have lunch and we found a little restaurant down stairs.After lunch we visited an aquarium where we learnt about the lake we saw some big eels and fish.Then we did some indoor go carts because it was still cold outside.

Day 6 Queenstown

Day 6 Queenstown

On day 6 we arrived in Queenstown i was happy we arrived in a city that was like chch. It had things like supermarkets, takeaways like KFC McDonald's and pizza hut and  it also had lots of clothing stores and the warehouse.We went in the town center that is built around a lake.The lake is called lake Wakatipu.It has nice clear blue water so we decided to go on a jet boat ride around the lake.Then we went to find a camp site to park the campervan up and make tea.

Day 4 and 5 Wanaka

Day 4 and 5 Wanaka

Today we arrived in Wanaka we went to a bakery so we could get lunch. After lunch we went to the playground then we went to see the famous tree that was growing in the lake but the water level was low so the trunk was not in the water. We went to puzzle word it was fun and we got stuck in the maze but we got out and we finished all the other activities. We went to a camp site checked out there facilities and had some dinner when we finished having dinner we walked around the town.On day 2 we went to our friends house because we haven't seen them since last year because they moved to Wanaka to live. It was cool to catch up up with them.

Day 3 Aoraki/Mt Cook

Day 3  - Aoraki / Mt Cook

We drove form Lake Tekapo to Aoraki Mt Cook it took a hour and a half.Mt Cook is New Zealand's biggest/tallest mountain, Mt Cook is 3,724m high.We did the Hooker valley track.This is a 3 hour walk with 3  river crossings surrounded by snow and mountains. The 3 suspension bridges were scary because when you cross over they shake and move round.It took 1 hour 45mins to get to the Hooker lake when we got to the hooker lake it was frozen over in parts and it had ice burgs in it. The ice burgs full off the glacier and float around in the lake this was the best walk I have ever been on.

Day 1 and 2 Lake Tekapo

Day 1 and 2 Lake Tekapo

We packed our stuff in the campervan and left our house in chch it was a 3 hour drive to Lake Tekapo we stopped half way and had some dinner in Ashburton we stayed at Lake Tekapo holiday park for 2 days. When we were at Lake Tekapo we went up the hill to find snow me and my family had a snow fight and we bilt a snow man .We took some cool photos of the lake, when we finished having the snow fight we went to the hot pools it was really warm my feet were stinging and we could still see the snow on the hills. They had 3 heated pools and we went back after tea to try it out when it was dark.It was cool to spend our first night sleeping in the campervan.