Waihopai River Restoration

Today at Enrich, well, it wasn't really AT Enrich. We spent about half the day planting down along the bank at the Waihopai River. My partner was India. What we had to do was create a 'wedge' in the ground, (which is really shoving the spade into the ground the rocking it back and forth). 'Wedging' is easier in our case because if we dug the hole it would loosen the ground, which wouldn't  help with the sticks we put in. It's a bit hard to explain, so here is a photo.

We planted Toi Toi's, Flax and Cabbage trees. We planted these because when the river floods it goes into a wee pond area which drags mud into the river. This is supposed to help catch the mud and hopefully make it cleaner.

I was surprised that only four girls planned it because it was properly thought out, planned and put together. Thanks Kate, Hannah, Hannah and Madison, I had fun!!

First day back

First day back!! Yeah!! What a rush. We played a game and it was called "All or Nothing". Have I ever told you guys about Bulls-eye?? All or Nothing is sorta like that except you trying to get the Beanbags into a bin. If you get it in the bin, you get to move it up a hoop and throw it back to the next person. My team was Team 3. In Round 1 we got up to the third hoop and we went to throw it to the next person but they dropped it. We didn't care though, that just motivated us more. If the next person drops it you have to move the hoop back to the Start. Round 2 wasn't so flash for me. We got all the way up to the 4th hoop and Max went to chuck it to me, but I just dropped it. WA wa waaa. But as for Round 3, no offence, but we smashed it!! Maddison made the throw of the day because she threw it and she got it in!! The only thing was that I missed the last catch, so I was definantly pressured. Here she goes, its flying in the air, coming down, I get ready, here it is, CATCH!!