Activity groups get together for the first time on Camp Prep. Day
Group 5
Group 2
Group 3
Group 2
Group 6
Group 4
Campers before departure from school
Entrance to Camp Omatua
Day 1's rotation activities begin ...
Scavenger hunt
Fire building
River safety
Boat building
Scavenger hunt
River study
Bivouac building
River study
River safety
Fire building and boat building
Searching for bivi materials
Scavenger hunters
Relaxing by the river
Boat building
Testing the boat
Boat alterations
Boat test drive
Bivi building
River study
Boat test run
Boat completed
Boat building
Chant prep.
River walking
River study
Ahhh!
Fire building and chant prep.
Boat building
Scavenger hunt
River study
Boat building
Chant prep.
River study
Testing the Titanic!
Bivi building
Rehearsing group's chant
Sorting scavenger hunt evidence
River study!
Boat test run
Boat building
River crossing
Bivi complete
River study
Group fire
River safety
Boat building
Girls or boys cabin?
Puddings!
Bivi testing - all in!
Swing bridge walk
Weka camp site
River fun at Weka
Back at Omatua - tubing begins
Bayly's cockabully
Mudslides!
Afternoon tea time
Beautiful boats!
Boat race upside down results
Camp fire
Our tubes
Some of our stuff!
Scavenger hunt evidence
More river fun
Group camp fires - marshmallow time
Mucking around at camp
Food prep!
Some shade!
Heaps of river fun!
Eel guts!
Steps!
Those tubes again
Camp business
Off to race the boats!
Groups prepare for chant off
Campers sing the school song
More marshmallow roasting!
Time for some camp reflections
More food prep!
Poetry sharing
Lunch - Yum!
Rest while you can!
Here we go again!
Another snack
Fill those drink bottles!
More bivi testing
A gathering of campers
More fire lighting
Going somewhere!
Riverside
Shhhh!
Look out!
Cuddle?
Number off?
More cooking
BBQ time!
Those tubes again!
Night eeling
Washing the eels
Smoker
Smoked eel - Yum!
Teacher cleaning glasses
Miss Leach visits
More chants
Casmpers sing Individuality
Boys do the Haka
More reflections
More snacks
Last river swim!
End of camp prize giving
Time to leave
What a fantastic camp!
Thank you campers for making it so much fun!
