Kapiti Island trip!

"Vroom! Awesome! Today I'm going to school for my Kapiti Island trip ". On 19th May my class went to Kapiti Island, and now I am going to tell you about my adventure on Kapiti Island.

I was at school and listening to Mr Shirtliff talk about the car groups and hardly had any sunscreen but no one needed it because it was misty.

In the car on the way I had Laura and Georgia in with me in my mum's car. On the way we were very quiet which was actually quite nice.

When we got to Kapiti Boating Club I got out of the car and had to check mine and my mum's bag for rats. On the way one wave splashed right up where I was sitting at.

When we got off the boat we went to have a talk with a lady called Rochelle (Doc Manager) who told us a lot about Kapiti Island. We walked around the bottom of Kapiti and then I saw a kereru, and it flew off, then my mum saw some kakariki go into a bush. I went to the bush and they flew out. That part was awesome.

Then we walked up the hill and a kaka followd and landed on James R, Alex, Mr Shirtliff and Shaun and it stole James Rs sandwich. I saw the saddleback then.

At the top there was no view because of the mist. There was quite a lot of weka, that was cool because I like weka.                                         

Going down I saw a kereru. I had no more chocolate but I still had a yummy muffin left.

When we got to the boat it had started to rain. Then we were off home. I was sad that we were leaving but at least I could get to some warmth.

It was the best trip I have ever had!

By Arran M

(Kaka on Mr Shirtliff)

Isabelle at the saddleback roost box

When room 15 got on the boat to go to Kapiti Island it was a cloudy day and there was big bow waves coming from the boat. When we were on Kapiti Island we had a talk about Kapiti Island from Rochelle. I saw my first weka and it did a poop. Then there was anotherweka. While we had a toilet stop I used a video camera and I got an amazing clip of a weka stealing a Scooby snack off Sam.

The walk up to the top of Kapiti Island was hot and long and a kaka landed on Mr Shirtliff's shoulder. It stole James's sandwich. At the top we had a beautiful view.

On the way back down my Dad lost his grip and fell on his butt. When I wasback on the boat to Paraparaumu there was even biger bow waves. I had a fun time  at Kapiti island.

By Isabelle

Rm 15

The Friendly Kaka

Part way up to the summit we stopped for a drink and a snack. A cheeky kaka flew down to investigate. It managed to steal James' sandwich from his hand shortly after this. Just now Sam is trying to protect his food.

Top of Kapiti Island - Tuteremoana (521metres)

It took us around 80 minutes to walk along bush tracks to the summit. We could look over the cliffs to the sea and back to the Mainland when the cloud let us. It was here we stopped for lunch.

Rangers boat, Kapiti Island

The ranger who works for the Department of Conservation (DoC) has this boat to patrol the coast, including the Marine Reserve and to go the 5 km to Paraparaumu to get the groceries. Mana Island is off in the distance (above the white post) - we visited there in 2009.

Trip to Kapiti Island Nature Reserve 19/05/2010

It's our third try and we have finally arrived at Kapiti Island Nature Reserve. We are making our way toward the visitor shelter to hear a talk about the island, its history and how predators have been removed. Already we can hear and see the the endangered birds.

Camp at Paekakariki Holiday Park

Room 15 stayed in a lodge at Paekakariki Holiday Park from 3-5 March this year. Beach education, camp games, orienteering, tent pitching, taking a long walk through Queen Elizabeth Park, making sand sculptures, doing kitchen duties, checking out the health of a stream - these were some of the activities we did. The weather was fine and warm. We had friendly and helpful parents to make sure we had a wonderful camp.