The Luge at Rotorua

As I woke up from my warm and comfortable bed in Rotorua, I saw my brothers Jordan and Levi asleep in there bed. I got out of my bed and looked out of the window it was pure sunny and a brilliant day to go swimming, but sadly we didn’t go swimming, we went to a fun and exciting place named Rainbow Springs.

We got in the car and drove out of town, the smell was horrible. At last we were there. We parked the car and walked into the building. I went to the counter with my dad and we bought tickets for the family to go on the gondola, it was really exciting. I love gondolas they are so cool, as I was saying we got into the gondola and waited for it to reach the top. we got up on the platform and walked out of the gondola. We put on helmets for safety then we got in a line and waited, while we are waiting let me tell you about the Luge and what you do.

First of all do you know what the luge is and what you do? well let me tell the other people who don’t know. So the luge is a thin and long track and people drive little carts that roll down the track, all of them are windy and fast, there are three types of tracks the first and easiest one is called the scenic track which little kids go on or people that are not confident at driving that fast. then the second and harder one is called the intermediate track which is a lot faster and more sharp turns.

The last one which is the most difficult one that is called the Advanced track, it is the hardest one out of them all. professionals like to drift and skid, by the way I went on all of them and they were easy peasy, the line got shorter and shorter until it was our turn. We hopped in a cart and pushed forwards the carts don’t have motors so you sort of have to nudge your way off I was twisting and turning and drifting. I Saw this sharp turn up ahead. So I tried to drift as I was drifting the wheels screeched on the concrete. I was quite scared because I didn’t want to fall off the cart and land on the concrete.

When you finish the track, you go on machine chairs which take you up to the start,

at the end my dad said to my mum would you like to come on the zipline with me?(A zipline is a long line that you zip on) mum got so scared and told dad the next time we come here I will go. which is probably in two years, I Enjoyed it heaps and I thought it was lots of fun. From Noah

Biscuiting at Kateriteri

The moment I felt the fresh sea salt water on my skin, I was swimming in the Kaiteriteri beach. My uncle bought a fishing tin boat a very flash fishing tin boat. Inside the boat  it had  a little cabin to store stuff, cup holders a screen to tell where he was heading to, a folding in set and a little fish tank to put all the fish they catch inside there. One time I went fishing with him and his son and I caught four baby maco sharks. (but we didn’t keep them)

Anyways about Biscuiting. A biscuit is an inflatable disc that floats behind the boat, We all went down to the beach and most of us had a turn, it was first two big boys and one girl by the names of Mana Siaki and Izzy they had great fun. As I was talking to a friend Reina I was chatting to her until my uncle came and said your turn.

It was Me Reina and my little brother Toby, we started off quite slow then the speed was building up I do not know why but I never stopped laughing until I fell in. we curved on edges and drifted all around it was so much fun until he turned very fast and I fell straight in it pulled me down, under the water, I floated back up because I had a life jacket I got back on and my uncle started the motor we went up and down and up and down and up and down until finally my uncle took us in for a rest and for the last people.  THE END!!!