I had the privilege of spending a week on camp with Jake’s class of 25 kids at Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park. It was a riot and chaos prevailed throughout as you could imagine! Saying that we all had a fantastic wilderness experience only an hours drive from Nelson. Kayaking, boat trips, mountain walks and fascinating interpretive walks in the the beech forest discovering the honeydew cycle. Scale insects suck sap from the beech trees and excrete sugar rich waste from an anal filament, a long thread that hangs from the tree. This provides a energy rich food supply for lizards, insects and nectar-feeding birds.
After all that education a bit of fun was had jumping in the glacial lake!!
