Two weeks ago, OIS had our year 8 camp, unfortunately our real camp was cancelled, due to Covid, so we had an eotc camp week instead. On the first day we had a bike along the Alps to ocean track, and stopped at a pub for hot chips and fizzy. The track was mostly downhill all the way there. On the second day we went to Orokonui ecosanctuary, a small district before Dunedin. We saw lots of birds and wildlife, and learnt about all different aspects of the things they do at the Sanctuary. The people there were really informative and knew the answer to every single question we had. The next day we jumped on the bus again and drove to peel forest, which was in geraldine, a 2 hour drive, with about 55 kids on the bus. We started off by getting off the bus and eating morning tea in the shelter, then we got instructions and a map to start orienteering. We set off in groups of three and started to go on tracks leading to the next marker. After a morning of orienteering and an occasional "I found it!" we left to Geraldine high school, to start the high ropes course. We ate lunch there and then the 3 instructors told us how it works, and the safety we needed to follow. I was really scared at the start but after we tried a few challenges I got used to it and my favourite part was when I was coming down on the beelay ropes. We arrived back home at about 5:20pm and I was exhausted!! That was the 3 big days of our camp week.
By Kezia
