Thanks to those who have commented on the blog. Hopefully I have fixed up the time-zone :). Today we split into three groups (named after common rocks in the area) to start the rotation of activities: Rhyolite went rafting, Basalt did the Tongariro Crossing & Andesite did field studies. I will now leave it to the students to describe their day (Craig Steed).
Rhyolite: Sooo we went rafting today down the Tongariro River. There was amazing scenery and took us 2 hours to raft 13kms. Jordyn took a fall out of the raft but no harm done just a bit wet. We took a swim in prison land waters which was absolutely freezing!
While Hannah, Sian, Mrs B and John the Bus driver went for a coffee and supermarket shopping to stock up the food supplies, along with 8 cucumbers, in the mighty town of Turangi.
We had a look at some mud bubbling at the thermal pools at Te Kaanu. And we found trout in the little river.
Basalt: Pretty much we climbed up a giant mountain, and we went swimming in the Emerald lakes and it was freezing only five people had the balls to get in. On the way down it looked like a five minute walk to the hut easy as but oh, no an hour and a half later we finally get there. Major mission completed.
Rhyolite: Sooo we went rafting today down the Tongariro River. There was amazing scenery and took us 2 hours to raft 13kms. Jordyn took a fall out of the raft but no harm done just a bit wet. We took a swim in prison land waters which was absolutely freezing!
While Hannah, Sian, Mrs B and John the Bus driver went for a coffee and supermarket shopping to stock up the food supplies, along with 8 cucumbers, in the mighty town of Turangi.
We had a look at some mud bubbling at the thermal pools at Te Kaanu. And we found trout in the little river.
Basalt: Pretty much we climbed up a giant mountain, and we went swimming in the Emerald lakes and it was freezing only five people had the balls to get in. On the way down it looked like a five minute walk to the hut easy as but oh, no an hour and a half later we finally get there. Major mission completed.
Lawrence & Alan - swimming in the Emerald Lakes Brrrr... Tongariro Group
Andesite: It was time for a bit of school work today, measuring mountain daisies and counting plants. Pretty exciting stuff. And also the size of leaves was needed in this work. After this we walked to the Silica Rapids and took the pH levels of the water. 
Written by Hannah, Lydia, Katie, Kayla, Christina, Eva and Grace.
Written by Hannah, Lydia, Katie, Kayla, Christina, Eva and Grace.
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Cool pose Katie - you are my daughter after all!
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