Friday - This afternoon I went with my scout troop to go orienteering. We went out in groups to find little signs. The signs were pretty small. We were having a real hard time finding the signs, so we had a leader come with us. My friend Jenny had seen some of the signs before so she showed us some of them. We walked from one end of the garden to the other. We walked over 2 1/2 km! It was too bad that we came in second place. Then some one put on Milo while the r...

We met Catherine out near Auckland and walked on the beach with her. Then went home. 

Today we went to the Bonsai show. We saw lots of miniature trees including a maple. After we went to a gypsy fair where there was lots of home made crafts including pony rides and kelpie puppies for sale. In the evening we went to my mum's concert where there was a piano player, guitars, oboe, recorders and of course singers. It was a nice concert, I like the piano. 

Rainbow Springs:There are two parts to Rainbow Springs. the Farm and the Springs. I went to the Springs first.The first things I saw was a Tuatara, which is related to dinosaurs. At the time the tuatara was eating crickets. Then we walked into a dark room about the size of a chicken house. The place had a kiwi! This was the first time I had ever seen a real live kiwi! We watched the kiwi and it started to poke its nose into the ground. It stated to shake its head...

Today we sent to Waiwera Hot Springs and I went on waterslides and in hot tubs. (there were 19 different hot pools and one even had a movie theatre!) Then we headed for home. This was the most fun holiday that I have had in New Zealand so far. I really liked the bus tour.