Mikonui tramp

At the start of the week, we had our 6th challenge which was the Mikonui tramp the highlight of my trip was definitely jumping off the rock with Kate Grace and Alyssa, the water was soooooo cold it was so cold that I got brain freeze, but even though every time I jumped in I could hardly breathe I kept on doing it. The lowlight of my trip would have to be trying to go to sleep with heaps of spiders because I hate spiders. It was a really great experience going river crossing and being showed how to correctly cross a river, also being showed how to light a fire properly. We also had to sit in the dark alone for 20 minutes and write in our journals or we could just sit there and think about life and that was a little scary but fun. altogether it was a really great experience and I would love to do it again with my family.

The big earthquake

On Monday 14th of November, there was a 7.8 earthquake 15km north - east of Culverden in New Zealand. it was really scary and I can't imagine thinking what it would have been like for the people who live in Kaikoura they were very badly affected by the earthquake. at school today we had a mufti day and we took a gold coin donation for Kaikoura, also my mum has baked lots of food to donate. Hannah, Mya and I also had to take a photo for the newspaper for all the money that we raised. altogether it was a very scary experience and I hope it never happens again.