Wairakei Camp, Taupō (Blue Contingent)

Written by Jesse - Bosun (with Bronson) of the Blue Contingent 

On day zero we were down at the den at 8 getting ready to drive to taupo. The weather on the way up was wild, in Levin it was raining and then the next hour it was sunshine and 25 degrees. Me Bronson and James sadly got separated at the last moment.

Day one at camp the blue group was headed for Rotorua, before we went to our campsite/den in ngonotaha we stopped at the amazing Redwood Treewalk. The walk itself was incredible with the option of walking twenty metres up along some massive trees, after the cool walk we went for a swim at the Blue Lake which was nice and refreshing. After the lake we went back to the Ngonotaha den and setup tents and then we went back to do tree walk at night, we didn’t get into bed until 1am, we were all really tired the next day.

Ruby, Annaliese, Bronson, Jesse, James
& Megan in the Redwoods Treewalk

On day two we went on more walks, and we walked to a fun lake with a wharf. I also forgot to mention it was NEW YEARS EVE. Me, James, Matthew, Connor and Bronson where all just Vibing during the party

The Blue Contingent at Sulpher Point
Standing on the rocks L-R: Rose, Hannah, Hamish, Ruby, Annaliese, Sam
Standing/sitting L-R: Jacob, Bronson, James,
Ash, Jesse, Toby, Kalina, Alex, Lily, Emyr, Sean

Blue Contingent - the group jump into the lake

On day three we had a sailing day and we tried to get out to the Māori carvings but there was not enough wind and we only got halfway. And I probably got some bad sunburn on my lips which is still hurting now

Emyr on helm, Annaliese on main, Hannah and
James on jib and Rose as bowman

Ash on helm, Lily bailing, Freddy on main, Toby and Kalina on jib

Ruby on helm, Grant, Connor on main, Alex and Hamish on jib

Over the next few days, we went river floating which was cool because we got to see the amazing bungee jump and hot pools, we got to go to a sweet as mountain bike park with amazing tracks that I did with Toby.

Inner tubes on the Waikato River - a great way to see the scenery

Sean entering the MTB park

We also spent another day sailing and we made it to the carvings and got to jump off a cool rock.

The "cool rock"

Rose and Hannah in fron of the main Maori carving

On our final day we got to do a white-water raft down Tongariro river with James which was the best part of my trip because I have never gone rafting before.

Kym, Amelia, Annaliese, Charlie, Ciara, Gabi

Rosie, James, Angus, Jesse, Magnus, Sean

Matt, Grant, Emyr, Kalina, Dougal, Ethan

On our last day it was the worst part because we had to pack everything away and drive home which took forever but Neil brought me as I did get to go home and see my family and sleep in my own be and not a stretcher.