January 26, 2010
MYND over matter
With just two legs to go in TBW before we get to Wellington leg 14 is shaping up to be a stunner!
The group arrived in two vans at the Levin Motor Camp two days ago quite late after a drive down from South Auckland. Included in that group are number of staff from the MYND (Male Youth New Direction), Steve, Bruce, Anaru and Lipi. As well as these guys we have the four boys from the programme Leroy, Levi, Dylan and Reti. After introductions, (during which Reti tried to convince us that he was from the Brisbane Broncos) and a quick team meeting it was time to go to bed and get ready for the first full day of the leg.
A 6am wake up followed by a cooked breakfatst of spaggetti, eggs and fried tomatoes was a great way to start the morning. Everyone then piled into the vans to head down to Waitarere beach where the day began in earnest with a sea kayak alongside the shore to Otaki. A big swell made it tough for kayaking (although awesome fun kayak surfing) and so at Kuku beach it was decided to ditch the boats and make our way to Otaki on foot. When everyone arrived a the surf club it was time to jump in the vans agfain and head off in the direction of Otaki Forks, to the awesome Dave and Isobel Launder’s house. Not only did Dave and Isobel offer to let us stay for a few days, but they and their neighbours David and Lynn put on a fantastic feed for dinner!! Thank you all so much again for your generosity! After such a great meal everyone was sleepy and so headed to bed.
If we were cricketers we would have been stoked because this morning we hit a 6 for wake up again. After a quick breakfast we wlked from our campsite into the Tarauas for the main activity of the day, a lengthy loop track that Dave and David had told us about last night. The track lived up to all expectation s for being both challenging and rewarding.
Stay tuned!
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Well done guys! Takes a lot of work too be getting up early and woking hard!
All the Best and Go Hard, Or Go Home…Bruce haha
Good Stuff People…Thats my man Bruce with his Team! Hope the Noodles fulled you fellas up hehe..
it was a great pleasure for us to meet the walker/kayakers/bikers and trampers that they became.
and we are glad that they enjoyed their stay and were so kind to Murcutt the dog who slept with all he could
and ate anything dropped.
we hope you have a really pleasant trip from here on and that the political outcome is as positive as it ought to be.
and of course you are welcome next time…
A delight to have had your company. An inspiration, too. We will stay atuned to your adventure and will be keen to know how the seeds of this adventure will blossom and flourish. Meanwhile, we feel quite cool in our new summer uniform, blue Big Walk t-shirts. Many thanks. Best. L and D
haha had a mean time. loved every bit of it hope to see yous on tv sometime soon. and hey jamie dont 4get my shout out ok thanks mate hahaha.. finaly home in my bed peace..
wats up team arrived back in auckland at approx 5am after departing paraparaumu btween 8-9pm and just as i nodded off to sleep my alarm went off for 6am wake up call still thinking i was on the big walk haha! had an awesome time, feet are aching from walk, arms fatigue from kayaking, knees sore from tararua ranges hike and bum sore from mountain biking haha all worth it, ‘great experience’ gd luck for the remaining leg team il be in touch….heyyyy ya! p.s hey guys are we sweet? sweet! *sings* sweet caroliiiine do do do dooooooo!
Hae Whatsup Everybody Jamie, Jeff ,Nick, Synthia(LOL sorry how do you spell Synthia?) and tha AwesomISH Robin…
Just had breakfast (ShepherdsPie hahaa Yummm, r u guys jealous?)and toast, just hanging out with Ma GurL Talia she say’s a big Hi and Thanks 4 looking afterme and feedingme and sending me home in one piece, was justa bout 2 check out and show her wat we been up 2 and tell her the many awesomish stories, and I saw alltha blogs andthat, BruceLeeRoy ae whassup kuzz…
umm Yeah just wanted to say Whatsup and faaaaaarrr the trip was too awesome ae like ISH and ALLOV YOU GUYS R AWESOME TOO it was GOOD getting to know you all and knowing alittle about youz but, you guys r my friends ae and im sure we’ll all meet again along our ways…
Jamie bro Straightup you R a MAN OF HUGE MANA, HUGE POTENTIAL AND A HUGE HEART… nO DOUBT YOUR WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE PROOUDAZZ OF YOU BRO, TOO MUCH BROO,STRAIGHTUP…
ROBIN, SYNTHIA, NICK AND JEFF(THA MAORI), YOU ALL HAVE STRONG KIND HEARTED SPIRITS AE IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN… FOREVER BE PROUD AND STAY STRONG..
UI MAI KIA HAU, HE AHA TE MEA NUI O TE AO, MAKU E KI ATU, HE TANGATA HE TANGATA HE TANGATA..
You guys r awesome!! thats all i kan say.
Well im going now to check out the rest of the site and maybe see wat you guys r up to now and eat ice cream and be lazy(JUST 4 TODAY),hae Jamie if Leeroy getsa showtout I want one1 to bro,say my full name SHOT…GOD BLESS Y’ALL..LATER.
hae how do i find our pictures
maaayn