Trip to Te Akau
Last Thursday we went out to Elliots bay to plant 700 trees. We left school at around 9am after packing our bags, boots, and lunches into the van taking two, one for the girls and one for the boys. Once we were ready to leave we got into the van and left the school.
The drive there was alright but it felt like forever. The drive to Russell was really boring and then it was funner once we got out on the ferry. Once we passed Russell the rest of the drive was pretty good and the scenery was getting better the closer we got to Elliots bay.
When we finally arrived we parked up and had a look around before going for a walk to where we were going to plant trees. We planted trees just by the beach so we had a nice view while planting. After getting talked to about the area of where we were planting and why we were planting and the history of the place itself we split off into groups of four to complete a section at a time.
In my group was me,, Charlee, Tui, and Tyler worked in the far area. We all went to different sections and started planting. After about 15-20 mins we completed our area and started moving on to the next areas to help others. After helping everyone else we all went for a photo down on the beach, it was such an amazing view.
We all went back for lunch, we had sandwiches made by the school and some of my own lunch. After lunch we hung around for a bit then made our way back to school. Overall this experience was so amazing and I’m glad we had a lovely view in the background.