🐴Lakes Ranch Camp🐎
When we got to camp we had lunch and set up our rooms I was in room A9!
Rotation 1
Mud run. The mud run was so fun.It was the activity I was most looking forward to. But I did end up getting heaps of scratches and bruises from the pieces of wood sticking up in the water just out of sight. We finished 15 minutes early so went on another course YAY!!
Rotation 2
Horse Riding I'm going to be honest I was not looking forward to this but I ended up riding Boogy and getting led. It was super fun!!!
Rotation 3
Kayaking I really enjoyed kayaking I had an awesome time I must say though I wasn't very good at it I kept going one way then the other never straight though!!But it was super fun!!
Rotation 4
Rock climbing. I was really nervous for rock climbing and when it was my turn I got halfway but couldn't get up further.The man pulled me down he asked if I wanted to try again so I said yes and got a tiny bit higher up but wanted to come down but on the way down I bashed my knee and got a super bad bruise!!
After that we had free time so me and my friends practiced singing Wings, the song we were doing for the talent show then we had dinner which was lasagna then we had apple crumble with vanilla ice-cream!
After that it was the talent show. Most of the people in our group wanted me to do their parts or help them. We did the intro bit together and then I did my part ,which got a lot of cheering. Our song got cut short unfortunately but we all did really well and it was super fun!!After that we chilled by the camp fire sang songs and roasted marshmallows. Then we went back to our cabins and went to sleep!
THE NEXT DAY.......
When we got up we went to breakfast I had Weetbix it was good!Then we made our lunches for the day!
Rotation 5
Scavenger hunt
When we started the scavenger hunt I was not looking forward to it It got really boring really fast collecting things then putting them in a bag!😐
Team building exercises
Just between our rotations we did some pretty cool things first we got four chairs and set them up then we lied on each other and took the chairs out. We supported each others' weight. It was really fun! Then we did one when we stood in a circle and all sat on each other. If one person fell we all did!
Rotation 6
Raft Building
I was so excited about raft building. First I had to untie the rope from the net and then we started to build it. We had to keep trying and then eventually we got it perfect. Ours was built out of 3 big blue barrels and some ropes as well as 2 sticks of bamboo! I helped push it onto the lake but when it came mine and Te Marama's turn, just after we got out onto the water, the raft flipped and I got sucked under it. It hit my elbow. Also I am not allowed to get water in my ears so that was a problem but we both got out safely and we continued pushing the raft out and helped dismantle the raft. It was super fun!
Rotation 7
Slug gun shooting
When we got to slug gun shooting I was really tired and all we did was shoot bags, cans and boxes. Very boring for me anyway!
Rotation 8
Orienteering
I am going to be honest this activity was really boring! We learned how to use a compass, then we had to walk to the end of the field with our eyes closed. Everyone went to the other end of the field I went side ways and round in circles!
After rotation 8 we had free time and I just chilled out in my room. After free time I did the tough guy challenge - it was super fun!! There was heaps of mud and obstacles which I really enjoyed. Then we had a rinse off. After that we went to the hot pools and had heaps of fun. Mr Gemmell got thrown into the pool - it was soooo funny😆😄😎.Then we had dinner. We had Mac and cheese, then jelly and vanilla ice-cream! Yum!!! After dinner we had to wait for it to get dark then we went on the Burma trail and we got scared by the parents. We did a glow worm walk too and then we had supper. I had some baking and a Milo!
SLEEP
The next day we got up and had breakfast. I had two Weetbix and a piece of toast!Then we made our lunches for the day. After that we had a massive clean up then left to go to Kerosene Creek, the natural hot pools, which was a really fun 20 minute drive singing, dancing and listening to music!At Kerosene Creek it was really fun we stood under the waterfall and I did some singing.Then we had lunch and left for home. We played games and took photos of ourselves with Amy's phone and listened to music as well as waving to our friends in the passing cars. I'm going to be honest, I think we all went to sleep once or twice too!! When we got back to school we listened to some music from a car radio!! Well, there you have it - that was my 2017 camp experience😋😉😏By Emily Brown.
