After a long 8 hours of looking out the window, or at device screens, the bus parked at the Top 10 Holiday Park. Once the bags and suitcases were unloaded, we were given the key to our cabin. My roommates, Megan, Caitlin, and of course, me, wearily towed our luggage round the block of cabins until we found ours, number 89. When we had arranged our bags tidily, we explored the grounds, and soon found the jumping mat, but unfortunately half the class had seen it before us, and were swarming over it. Not long later, everyone was called to the dining room for dinner.
Monday
We woke up early at seven, wondering what we had planned for today. Our first event was Zealandia, a forest of native trees, birds, and other animals. We left the bus we had traveled on to get there, and entered the atmosphere of Zealandia. We were told that we were going to be doing a big nature walk. The class were separated into groups of two kids and one adult, because these would be our groups for the rest of camp, and then three groups were put together. In our groups, we entered the green landscape, and began our walk. My lot of groups went with Carrie, one of the guides. When we got back from our two hour walk, we had a lunch, then the bus transported us to National Library. There we grasped knowledge about World War 1, and some interesting strategies the soldiers used during the time our country was at war. Later we were given a scavenger hunt sheet, and told to search all around the middle floor of the library for clues. After ten minutes, we gathered by the entrance to mark our sheets. We were all exhausted after our walk, and having to take in a whole gallery-full of new information, but we still had the pools coming! After a ten minute bus trip to the pools we were grateful to jump into the cool water.
H20 Xtreme!!!
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Tuesday
Today we had a lot planned! Our first stop was carter observatory, the space center. There we looked at an update of the solar system, found out what it would be like in space, and then we were led into the room with a domed roof, that displayed a movie. It was all about space, and people who had entered a competition to build a space craft that could travel 500 meters on the moon. When the movie was stopped, and the guide who was explaining everything to us turned on the light, it glared into our eyes, temporarily blinding us. Our time at the observatory was over, and we walked out to the path that led to the Cable Car, and ate our lunch. When we had eaten, a whistle pierced the air, alerting us that is was our turn to aboard the Cable Car! Jorja and I turned to face each other, and grinned. This was the first time I had ever been on transport like this, so I was full of curiosity. The car edged it's way down a steep hill, stopping for expectant passengers. As the cable loosened, letting us go further down the hill, dark tunnels caved over us, and more passengers hopped on. At last we reached the station, where everyone coming home from work to get lunch, or needing to get to the other side of the hill, were lined up impatiently, waiting for the cable car. We stepped off the cable car, now unsure of where we were. Our adults told us to make one line, and walk in single file out to the main street, because a rush of hurrying people were surging past us, desperate to get to the cable car before it left without them. We walked and walked and walked until we got to Parliament. Then we had to go through a special metal detector, which beeped on Kacy's mum, and Ben's dad! Then we were led into the room where all the decisions were made! We were talked through a quick power point, and then guess what!? We were taken into the big meeting place, where we watched them argue and bicker. Then we had to walk all the way over to the On TV And Media Studio. There we were seperated into two groups. My group went up the stairs, and into the rooms we would be filming in. The first thing everyone went for was the Wardrobe, to dress up for filming. When we had chosen what we were going to wear for our Presenter part, Oksana, and I sat at the table the cameras were aimed at, and went over our lines from the two tablets on the table in front of us.
Wednesday and Thursday were exploration of Wellington, and then Friday was our last few hours at the camp ground...
We were woken up at 6:00 am in the morning, so dark the stars were still shining. At six thirty, we tumbled onto the lit up bus, pointing out the Southern Cross as we went. And then we drove away, looking behind to take one last glimpse of the campsite.
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