On the 3rd of May, syndicate D and Room 28 met at Half Moon Bay marina to go to Motutapu Island for a week. We went to Moec camp and it took us 1 hour and 30 minutes to walk from Rangitoto Island to our camp.
Firstly, we found out which dorms we were in, and got straight on to our first activity which was sailing. I was partners with Kim and Ally and one person was working the tiller and the other was working the main sheet. It was quite hard to sail the boat and I was freezing.
Straight after, we had raft building and we were competing against Group A. When we finished building our raft, we had to carry it down to the beach and everyone had to get on and start paddling. Everyone stayed on our raft longer than the other team, so we won!
The next day, my first activity was rock climbing and I only completed the first one, which was called The Slab. There were four walls there but no one did the fourth one.
After morning tea, we had the Confidence Course and we had four things to do, two balance beams, one where you had to go up hill with three boards and going through a net without touching it which was really fun.
Next, we had kayaking, which was very tiring and we played canoe soccer, which was exactly like soccer but we used our hands to move the ball around and the goal was the instructors kayak.
Our last activity for Tuesday was high ropes, at first I was really scared but it was actually really fun and not that high once you get up there. The net was fun too but really tiring and Kim timed me, and I took 3 minutes.
The next day, after breakfast our group started the gun walk. We had to watch a video first about the guns in war, and then we walked around to look at the army bases and dark tunnels
After that, we had archery and it was my favourite activity even though I only scored four. Troll showed us how to use the bows and arrows and then we started.
Straight after lunch, we had survivor, and we had to go through a lot of obstacles like the tires, which made me very muddy and disgusting. We were team red and we got to our flag first, so we won!
Next, we had orienteering which was a bit uncomfortable because we couldn’t take a shower after survivor to wash the mud off. I was partners with Kim and we found eight out of twelve things in the treasure hunt.
We had electives today and my first elective was Frisbee golf. We had to walk up a hill and try to hit the next pole until, we got to the end.
After Frisbee golf, I had beach bum, which was basically doing whatever you wanted to do on the beach. Me, Kim and Krishna built a sand turtle and played in the water.
Lastly, we had a movie and we watched Ratatouille. I had already watched it but it was still pretty cool. The movie took two hours and I felt really sleepy when the movie finished.
Finally, it was Friday, and we had breakfast and then took all our luggage out to the basketball courts. We had to clean our dorms and then we started the walk which was six kilometres and it took one and a half hours. We got onto the ferry and headed back to Half Moon Bay marina.
I was really glad to be back home to see my family, take longer showers and be in my own bed. I was really tired after camp but I thought it was really fun and I’m really happy that I tried everything even though I was a little nervous about some things.
By Karen
