Camp preparation

Split Apple Rock

Wow the start of the year has flown past and already camp is four days away! Room 11 is going to Totaranui.This week we have been preparing for camp with the people saving course by Red Cross which will be a big help if we get into trouble while at camp. We also have done a catwalk in our raincoats and tramping shoes today which was really fun. At camp we will be  kayaking, abseiling, walking to Separation point, on the last night we will be building our own bivouacs and sleeping in them on the lawn outside the homestead and lots more cool stuff.Totaranui is a 1km long beach in the Able Tasman. It is where the Ngai Tahu tribe first landed in New Zealand. It used to be a farming settlement owned by the Pratt and Gibb families but the Gibb family homestead was burnt in a fire. The Pratt family homestead has been changed into a education learning centre. When Nelson had that big rain last year and we had big flooding- the road between  Wainui bay and Totaranui was damaged by the slips and the road stayed closed over the Christmas holidays - the only way to access Totaranui was by boat. We will have lots of fun over in Totaranui and we hope if you go over there you will too.