Mr T's holiday so far

Well the first few days were spent at school getting ready for next term. I thought we might pull apart some computers and see what is inside them and learn a bit about how they work. How does that sound? Anyway, holiday time. What have you guys been up to? I saw Blair in the Fish'n'chip shop last night. He was awesomely polite and sounded like he was having a good break.

I have included some photos of our trip to Rotorua and a Mountain bike trail which is part of the National cycle trail. The kids have been busy doing their own thing these holidays so we haven't spent a lot of time with them.

The Cycle trail runs from Karapiro to Arapuni Dam. It actually goes further, but we had to turn round as we had to pick up Josh to take him to work. The trail follows the Waikato river and goes through some picturesque scenery. Part of it is on a board walk.

If you are into mountain biking and doing jumps than this is not the one. It is a gentle ride with some gentle climbs. No jumps, although I attempted to go off road with little success.

I always enjoy going to Rotorua and this time was no different. We stayed one night at the Youth Hostel. Pretty good accomodation for reasonable rates. A very neat and tidy complex. We spent a lot of our time in restaurants. Our entertainment book came in very handy. I think we have almost got our money back on the purchase of it.

This photo was taken on the Lakeland Queen. A paddle steamer that takes you for a an hour cruise on the lake. Guess who was on the boat at the same time with her family? It was Jane.

We visited the site where on the 10th June 1886 Mount Tarawera exploded and buried a number of nearby villages. Some of the remains of the village are still there with some reconstruction made. The history that was told by reading the posters and boards in the museum was very informative, but I did think it was a little pricey, but it is a tourist town. The waterfall at the end of the walk was quite good as well as the swinging vine, which actually didn't swing much. So far an enjoyable holiday. We will see what the rest of the holiday brings. Would love to see you publishing some of your experiences and maybe photos. Get into it.

when I grow up I will make a difference for people. I will support others and change my behaviour.

This are the six people that raised money for christchurch. When we got to westpack we were happy that we got to go to westpack.First when we got there we handed in the check .After that we took some photos then the people handed us ginger beer. Then the manger called Geoff took us in the volt

room he showed us the saife and then we went to the parana park to eat subways and our ginger beer. And then we went back to school.

Holidays

I hope to update and add posts to our blog during the holidays showing things that my family have been doing. I encourage you and your families to do the same. Just remember the safety rules. If you can't remember them, look down the right side bar and click on Blog rules and etiquitte. Add photos and enjoy writing your memoirs about your holidays. You can also add comments to other peoples posts and therefore keep in contact with your classmates over the holidays. If you get a chance visit some of the links on the right handside especially Hectors world. Have a great holiday.

Us girls on the kayak

It was our turn on the kayak.We had to sit in a line on the sides the like scoober diving fall off while sitting down into the water BACKWARDS!!!

One particular girl was too scared to go off so she just had to slide off that was good.

After that we had to go UNDER the kayak and work as a team to get out.We finaly got out but while we were under some girls and me were SCREAMING.I was screaming because I thought the kayak was gonna sink.

We had to work as a team to get back up into the kayak wich we finaly did.

Gallaghers was fun and we will never forget that day.

Westpac Visit

Our six people that fundraise go to westpac was was me Shirlee, Jordan, trinity, Geogia, Savannah and Jackson..... We were at westpac us meeted the westpac manager, Jackson gave the money to the lady that collects all the money and we took some photos after that we got westpac ginger beer (YUMMY). Us walked to the secret place where the hidden money is, there was two machine that had the money in 1 big one and 1 small one it really looks real..... We went to the park an ate our YUMMY subway and drinking our westpac ginger beer!! it was a very an EXCITing lunch time!! ^_^

These studens are fom deanwell school. We have been learning how to to swim and if we fell out of a boat we would know what to do when we get into a real problem.