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Mount Maunganui
Wow what a day! I just got back from Mount Maunganui where we took our Makurhari Japanese exchange student. We had lots of excitement, but also a scare.
We had to get up a six o’clock to get to the Mount in time. I was so tired, ‘cos I usually get up at about eight and I was VERY!! groggy! Any way we ended up being late anyway because mum took ages getting ready. Finally we started off for our two hour drive. We went over the Lake Karapiro Dam and after about ten minutes dad came round a bend and right in front of our eyes a car had flipped over and had smashed into the bank at the side of the road. The really scary thing is that there were people trapped inside and we think one of them might have died because there was an arm hanging out. I felt so sickand horrible.
However all this was forgotten as we went up into the Kaimais and I felt sick. Luckily I wasn’t sick and we continued. We arrived at the Mount and we went to a resturant and got a bite to eat. I got a grilled Panini and a Powerade. Soon after this we went for a calm relaxed walk up the Mount… NOT! it was a back breaking, calf muscel burning experience! It was worth it though. when you got to the top you could see the whole of Mount Maunganui. It was Fantastic!
When got back down the mountain we went and got a gelato ice cream. My flavour was Kinder Surprise, you know the chocolate egg? After this we all walked down to the heated salt water pools where I tried to teach myself how to dive, which I didn’t succeed in!
At the end of a long hard day we all packed up and headed off home. There was no sign of the accident but you could tell where it had crashed. I will keep an eye out for any news about it and update this blog next week.
Shark Attack!
This morning a 15 year old boy underwent emergency surgery at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital after being mauled while surfing off North Avalon beach about about 8.45am this morning.
A Family friend Alan Low, an Avalon resident, told us that he arrived just after the teenager was bitten on the calf muscle, hip and ankle. Avalon life saver Nathan Welling announced that surfing club members looked after the boy on the shore after his dad hauled him from the water. The public at Avalon were stopped from going in the water after the attack. The shore was packed with curious onlookers and nippers doing exercises on the sand. Mr welling said it was very rare to see a shark in this area and that he had seen very few.
The father said his 15-year-old son had twice seen a shark off the southern point at Avalon earlier this summer. he said he had noticed warmer temperatures and more fish in the water, which could be attracting sharks. This is the third serious shark attack this summer.
I think we all need to be very careful about what we are doing in the ocean as it is a very dangerous place.
