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The Ventura Zoo Trip

It was a very sunny Saturday, so Mack and his parents thought it was a good day to go to Ventura Zoo. Another reason to go there was because the zoo had just got a new stripey Sumatran tiger. Mack asked his parents if he could see it and they said yes. 
He went off to try to find the tiger, and, when he did, he tried to feed it some meat that he had been saving, because it looked hungry. The tiger snapped up the meat and brought Mack down with him, then the tiger started circling around him, looking angry. 
Mack screamed and tried to get away, but the tiger was too quick for him and  blocked his path. 
Luckily, the zoo keeper got a cage and put an enormous steak in it. The tiger saw it and came bounding towards it. The zoo keeper quickly closed the door on the cage and he threw Mack a rope for him to climb up. The tiger was happy then because he had a nice, yummy piece of meat.

The Hamilton Zoo Trip

It was a cloudy Wednesday morning and my group and I had just got to the Hamilton Zoo.  

First, we went to see the bird enclosure and, in it, there were some orange-crested cockatoos and multi-coloured rainbow birds. I took a photo of them and we moved on to the monkey enclosures. 
First, we saw the fuzzy, brown Capuchin monkeys, swinging around like crazy on the thick, black, hairy ropes. Next, we saw the cotton top Tamarins. They looked cute and furry. Then there were the spider monkeys. Two of them were playing a game of tag on the thick, grey, metal mesh.

Next, we all went over to the glass Tuatara cage but he wasn't in there. There were  some small bushes at the back of the cage so we all figured out that he must have been dozing around back.   

Next up were the dirty, smelly, greyish-brown rhinos in their desert-like plains. I took a photo of the one sleeping peacefully on the sand. Two were having a fight over who was the strongest rhino.

Next, we all stopped at the slimy green duck pond to have lunch. We saw some swans and I spotted a camouflaged turtle on the far side of the pond. As he stood as still as a stone on a sunny, warm rock, I took a photo of him, as well.

Finally, we went all the way back to the entrance again, and a zookeeper welcomed us all into the Education classroom. We all had to watch some slides on a whiteboard, then, when it had finished, we got a look around the room.

Afterwards, my group and I got ice cream blocks and we went back to school. I  had a really fun and awesome time there and I really want to go back.

Devyn's version of the production

"Have u heard about the wonderful production called go Noah? six weeks ago we did our awesome songs and I am very good at singing them. Last night I did the ha ha conga and my parents thought I was really good at it. My part in it was a neighbour and I'm supposed to poke fun at the Noah family. I really like my part because I'm only on stage 4 a little while. after the chorus of the ha ha conga we form a conga line and we all put our hands on each others shoulders,dancing around on the stage. I thought I did really well and I an very proud of myself.

The Pauanui Wedding

It was really hot in the four wheel drive and we had been driving for two hours Mum said we were going to stay in a batch right next to the glistening sparkling ocean.

 Saturday was the Wedding and everyone said what I was wearing looked cool or swazz. the Wedding was going to be on the beach but the weather was drizzly and very windy Some people were handing out ice creams and my sisters tricked the ice cream people into thinking that they hadn't had one yet and they did it twice and it was really funny.    

In the evening we stayed at my Nana's old batch (because kids weren't aloud at the dinner party)  that is in the middle of the leafy green bush. My dad was baby-sitting us and Braxton was there too. The six of us watched movies until 11:30. 
When we were going back home on Sunday I got one last look at the sandy glittery beach before we drove away. I felt sad that we were leaving because I had a really great time there.