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The Photography Bench! –>Whangamata Take 2
A few snapshots of Whangamata Easter Break! These pictures don’t look as good on blogger.com than on the PC but that’s ok. The colour’s awesome! Sad thing is… the camera doesn’t belong to me… it’s my uncle’s Sony 12.1 mp….. soo sooo sweet… 
Apple Picking
Trying out the zoom function on a mountain
Love the accented yellow!
Chris and my dad…
You guys ! Listen up! I want a camera that takes pictures just like this for my birthday next year ok?
Add comment April 7, 2008
Duke of Ed ‘08!
This is my Duke of Ed Bronze challenge…. WOW! what a weekend! Two weeks ago I had the most physically difficult weekend ever! the thing was that we were tramping 27km in bush and a little beach and road…. but that wasn’t the problem… if that was it, it’d be fine but the problem was our packs!! they felt like rocks… you couldn’t stand up without difficulty and getting your pack on took ages! By the time I got home my back was absolutely killing me! blisters on my feet and mosquito bites all over my legs! After saying that… it was a reaLLY enjoyable weekend and I dont really think I’ll forget any of it!
First day! Everyone is like … OMG after the first ten metres.. we were like “there is NO way we can come out of this weekend alive”! but we did in the end… the group isn’t looking too shabby yet!
Bee in the bush!
Julia and Vhari already puffed out after like 20 mins… bush was definitely not our favourite place to be!
After 2-3 hours walking in the bush on friday after school, we actually made it to our campsite! Relief!… my group’s tent had to be setup on a big patch of sticking up grass on a slope! sooo uncomfortable! I couldnt get to sleep for 3 hours because of the heat! i thought it was gonna be cold but it sooooo was NOT! eventually I did fall asleep but the girls woke at one and couldnt sleep till 3 … i knew nothing about it… i was fast asleep!
Next morning… we had to use these burners to cook our meals… the night before we had some sort of bolognese…
Went down to the stream to collect some water to boil for our drink bottles for the day and we were ready to leave!
Oh My gOSH! after half an hour of tramping we reached the black sand dunes of PIHA!! woo! it was super hard climbing them with our packs!
Came across a tunnel and decided to take a quick picture!
After a couple hours of walking.. took a well deserved break….
Got to our lunch spot infront of our waterfall! beautiful
Back in the bush…. *sigh*… after the hardest day ever!! we made it to our campsite and it was the best!! we all gushed in awe at our luxurious(compared to the night before) place we’d be sleeping with all the civilisation around us in PIHA and an awesome playground for us to enjoy!
With our tents up and meals cooking
Sunday morning!!! Had to tramp to our pick up spot…. sadly…. this is a massive kauri tree stump which is carved hollow inside!
Best climbing tree in the world! I love this photo! the duke of Ed group all in a tree!
Looking at a waterfall …. spot for lunch
Getting ready for the last leg of our intense tramp!
And here I am… doesn’t look like me.. that’s because I’ve just endured an extra long….. (extra sweaty) *eww* weekend ! this is a highlight of the trip for me… the end of it…. we reached this amazing look out point and we just had to walk5 mins on a FLAT path till we reached our parents waiting for us… We chilled out for 1/2 hour and it was the absolute best feeling ever!Add comment April 5, 2008
Easter Holidays in Whangamata and a birthday!
Woo!! Guess what? Im 14! 
unbelievable! I had my birthday yesterday, it was pretty low key and everything, no party, no special dinner (for the first time can you believe it?) but it’s all good. actually quite relaxing to be honest! Well the reason why I didn’t have a party was because my family and family friends went on holiday for the Easter break in Whangamata! It was so awesome because it was just chillaxing, eating ice cream, boogey boarding, apple picking, walking round town, eating “BAM” (hot chips with salsa mince, sour cream and jalapenoes) and singstarring for 3 and a half sweet days! the weather was pretty good and we had loads of junk food along the way! On saturday, we ordered a cake from a bakery we found on the ONE STREET in whangamata(i mean there were others but they were residential)…
well here’s to next year’s birthday!
Here my uncle and dad are at a fruit shop in Whangamata.
Colin and Aunt infront of the lolly dispensers! Love the smiles
Ok..this is infront of our FAVOURITE bakery with our ice cream and BAM! …Just chilling out in the sun
Double take !
Take 3!
Take 4! ..in the shade
This is our holiday home! Not too flash on the outside but not too bad on the inside~
On the beach like 2 mins away from our holiday home! All ready for boogey boarding! Check out the boogey board on the right! SPONGEBOB!! I love that board!
In the waves!
Miss Alyssa taking a chunk out of her apple!
Times 2!
So… we walked down the main road for like 10-15 mins and arrived at a market! How lucky since they only came once a month ! It had like a craft, plants, fashion and art section! We spent a bit of time here checking out all the things! I bought a really cool holder/organiser/bag thing for bits and pieces, we got some chutney, scarf, top, etc…..
So this is my birthday cake! It was cute and really yummy!
Colin & me !
Family with my cake… quickly!! the candles are going out!
Claps for me!
Next morning… had to get some pictures of a few sleepheads!
Double take! these brothers are so alike… when everyone is awake… guess who is still in bed!
When those two finally woke up, it was time to go apple picking… we got many bags for $1 a kilo as we picked those trees!
Lunch time! we’re all stuck in the van because it started raining, but it’s all good it was a heap of fun!
Taking a stroll !
That’s it from Whangamata! This is where I will leave it, with all the sleeping beauties!
Add comment March 25, 2008
Mt Manganui
So… 2 weekends after school camp it was time for more camping! with family and friends! We travelled down for around4 hours after school on friday to Mt Manganui to spend a few days. It was so fun ! Some memories to remember. . . .
: Cool swiping cards for toilets
: Boogey boarding! the BOMB
: Sleeping in a 3 room tent
: Eating heaps
: All the kiddos cleaning up in the kitchen
: EVERYTHING!!
*Tear* Packing up and taking the tent down! time to go home back to Auckland!
Thanks to the beach, the waves for rolling while we were sleeping, our families and of course Mt ManganuI! We’ll be back!
Add comment March 20, 2008
School Camp ‘08
Yes! the Long awaited Camp post is finally here! I won’t bore you with loads of writing, I’ll just bury you with tons of photos!
Load down… Went to Turangi (Tongariro National Park) Camp was OPC! it was the BOMB!! the view (mountains) were amazing! they changed every day (if thats possible) and it was the most fun camp I’ve been to! Words can’t explain… So we start our photo journey…
Yes its a double decker!! and OURs
TAUPO
Lake Taupo Wind
My Room!
…um… dont ask! haha… no actually it was team building activities..
Me doing the FLEA JUMP
Dinner for overnight camp… looks .. Yum?? yes it was
Me in our tent!
On the lake canoeing!
Last pictures on the bus… LOVED IT SO MUCH
Thanks everybody who made this camp awesome!
xx
Add comment March 19, 2008
