It's hard to believe that camp is nearly over. We'd love to stay for longer, but a few of us are longing for our beds and our own showers. It's a beautiful evening here in Wainui and we are just about to feast on a scrumptious dinner of garlic bread, spaghetti bolognese and s'mores. Then it will be off up the hill to campfire, led by the Wainui staff, who we have very much enjoyed working with this week. Today we kayaked, coasteered, swung high on the giant swing, fired arrows, made rafts, climbed very high on ropes and wires, solved group challenges, made bush bivvis and had lots of fun playing around the camp. Camp has been such a blast. It has been a pleasure to spend the week with your children.

Our day at camp started an early wakeup, so we could be ready for the Egg-cellent Challenge at 9am. We worked in large teams to find hidden instructors and complete their challenges. Based on the points we earned at the challenges, we got bags with equipment to construct an egg protection device, to prevent the egg from breaking when dropped for the top of the high ropes course. If the egg survived, the successful team could crack it over the head of an instructor. Thank goodness one egg made it! After delicious wraps for lunch, we headed off on our third activity in anticipation of more fun and challenge...

The troops were pretty settled over night and arose to a gorgeous Wainui day. Today has been filled with action and adventure, with six different activities happening. The children have been loving the challenge and showing they care, in the great way they have supported each other.  We finished the day with a night-line activity, which the children enjoyed and parents loved! Everyone is settled down for the night. We're looking forward to another fabulous day tomorrow.

We have had an awesome first day on camp. The tramp to camp challenged some, but we all made it with smiles on our faces once we saw camp. Once we arrived and settled in, we explored the area and enjoyed some free time. The pasta bake was delicious! Thanks so much to all of the cooks. Dishes are done and we are about to meet the YMCA team for a wide game. Fingers crossed for a good nights sleep.