Diary Writing

22 July 2014

Day 1

It was a nice and sunny day on the last day of school. When the last bell rang, my 4 friends and I jumped in the car and started driving to Picton. When we got to Picton we hopped out of the car and boarded the ferry to go to the North Island. When ten minutes passed we heard dolphins jumping about in the water. Then dark clouds started appearing in the sky so then we headed inside. There was rain and thunder, the waves started hitting the boat hard and the boat started rocking side to side. A man fell and knocked his head on the wall. We started hitting rocks so then we jumped in a life raft and sailed away from the ferry. An hour later we hit an island, it was abandoned but there was a lighthouse in the middle of it. If we made it there we would be safe in the shelter and could turn on the light on the lighthouse for a helicopter. When we arrived on the island Callum slipped on a rock and broke his ankle. To deal with it we made him a brace and crutches from the jenga blocks from the bag and branches off the island so then we continued on our journey

23 July 2014

Day 2

We were exploring the island and found a cliff. We put down our backpack to look over the cliff and the wind blew the backpack down to the bottom of the cliff. To get it back up there was a rock, tree and a flax bush. What we did was take lots of the flax and made a rope out of it. At one end of the rope we put the rock on the rope so then it could keep weighed down. At the other end we tied a branch to pick up the backpack. Our plan was a success and we got our backpack safely back up to us. After that we just continued on our journey. We found a flock of seagulls with a nest full of eggs. What we did was take the eggs and  kill some seagulls for the feathers and the meat then we continued exploring the island.

24 July 2014

Day 3

After lots more exploring we finally reached the lighthouse. It had a hole in the top of it but atleast it still had shelter. Meanwhile, outside there was a big snowstorm and a helicopter was waiting to pick us up. The helicopter was only able to pick up 2 people so the other 2 people had to stay behind. It was hard to decide who was going to go home and who was going to stay on the island. So then we decided to let the oldest stay on the island and the youngest go in the helicopter. Lucy and I (the youngest ) went in the helicopter while Callum and Macca (the oldest) stayed behind. We didn’t know what they had to face but at least we were safe.