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Lake Daniell Tramp Recount

                   Lake Daniell

On the 9th of September my class and I went tramping on a

spring tramp to Lake Daniell for our William Pike Challenge.

I travelled in the car with Wairini, Phoebe and my mum. 

Before we left we had to learn all about hypothermia so

that we were prepared for if anything happened because

we were going in the southern alps.

First we had to stop in Reefton to go to the toilets and

have a run around. Then we went through the Lewis Pass.

When we got there we each got a number. My number was 19.

When we started walking we crossed this creek called the Sluice

Box and the water was very turquoise. While we were walking there

were lots of trees and our surroundings all looked the same. 

As soon as we got to the lake it was very pretty and the water

was very still. I sat down and ate my lunch with Wairini. After

we ate our lunch I walked out on the jetty to have a closer

look at the lake. When I had finished looking at the lake I

went into the Manson Nicolls hut with Wairini and we wrote

our names on the big chalkboard. After that we went out

and took some photos of the hut and the lake. 

Then we started to walk back to the cars. On the way back

I walked with Olive, Indi and Phoebe and we had lots of fun,

taking photos and making each other laugh. 

While we were having a break I walked with Billie H, Billie W

and Wairini. Then we started to walk back someone started to

throw moss at us and so we threw it back which was not very

nice to the environment and also to the public. Since we did

that we had to stay at the back in front of Ms Kemp.

After that Ms Kemp decided to let us go up to the front with

Adrien. After we started to walk Adrien walked really fast so

I dropped back a bit and walked with Nevey and Billie W.

Next we got back to the cars Nathan and Charlie found this

rope swing in the bush that was tied to a tree. In that time

when it was my turn to go on the swing my foot got stuck so

Wairini and Billie W helped me get my foot out of the swing. 

While it was Tyler's turn he jumped off the rope and landed

in the creek on his feet and then he fell on his knees at that

moment he jumped out of the creek. In that timeFlynns turn

came, Wairini told him to put his feet in the swing but instead

he grabbed the rope and held onto it and at that moment Flynn

got dragged down to the bottom. 

I really enjoyed doing the Lake Daniell tramp with all of my friends.

I found it really fun being in the outdoors with my classmates.

I also really appreciated that heaps of parents helped transport

because without them we would not get to go.