Day Two

I awoke with a chill down my spine trying to forget the horror of yesterdays events. Wait was it yesterday or last week. My mind was fuzzy with a million thoughts but one that was always there was FOOD!

There was that rustling again but this time it was at the edge of the treeline. It was a Moa. I thought the were extinct. but sure enough there it was. All of a sudden it bellowed and pooped everywhere. Jordan and Ben awoke and Asser took one look and dropped back to sleep. I knew straight away what was on Ben and Jordan's minds. It was that of Meat. I quickly grabbed my hunting knife from my pack. We decided to sneak up on it from the rear. We got within 3 metres of it and it span around and rushed at me. I noticed i had stood on a branch which had jumped up and hit it in the nuts. I threw my knife and dived for cover as it came towards me. The knife became lodged in it lower left thigh. Jordan grabbed it out and was trampled on the arm.

I quickly grabbed the knife and threw it again it span side on. This time my throw was more successful hitting it in the neck and taking its head straight off. We screamed in triumph as we picked it up between the 3 of us and carried it back to Asser who had awoke because of the noise.
Soon enough we had a nice blaze going and I began to skin it. The tough skin and the constant yells of the others made it a hard job. But it was worth it as I carried the meat back to the fire.
I was blood soaked so I went to the shoreline for a quick swim. Most of the blood came off my clothes which was pleasing.

Then we started to tuck in. The nice red meat was juicy and the fat dripped of it. Lets just say it was irresistible! It was pleasing to know that there was a source of food on the island and it was possible to get. We then had a hard choice. Who was going to stay back to set up some kind shelter and who would go to find water. I was voted to go and find water...

I trekked of into the light scrub. On the way I heard many a bird call so there was maybe a chance of catching them with my snare. Soon I had to come to a halt because there was a huge log in my way so I started to climb. I was at the top in no time. That trip to Southern Indonesia for free climbing was well worth it!!! I kept on walking and soon enough I heard the faint trickling of water. I started to run and there it was a beautiful waterfall with a welcoming lagoon at the bottom. My urge for water made me sprint as fast as i could not knowing what was ahead of me i put on a burst and tripped and fell.... Down down down down and I hit the ledge with a thud. The world span around me and went black....... I was out cold...

Day One

Finally it had arrived. The day we left for Matainui island. I woke at 6.23am to find myself sweating, must be out of excitement i thought. I went into the lounge to find my mum and brother taking my stuff out to the car. I ate a light breakfast which consisted of jam toast and some grapefruit juice. I grabbed my pack and went down to the car. A quick farewell to my dad and sister saw me on my way. We arrived at the port of raglan at roughly 7.25am only to find the rest of the class already there. I was late...

I grabbed my bags and loaded them into the Grumman Albatross seaplane cargo hold and then i went to say goodbye. This time the farewells were a little bit longer and it was quite sad to be leaving my family behind. I boarded the plane and planted myself next to Mac. Then the engine started. It was quite loud at first but my ears eventually got used to the constant rumbling. Me and Mac and a few others cracked jokes to pass the time of take off. We started moving about 5 minutes after the engine started. We left the sea after a while of moving forward in a straight line. My guts lurched in my stomach. It felt quite out of the normal but surprisingly sex i did not throw up all over everyone. After 30 minutes of traveling everyone was certainly more relaxed and my ipod was still ticking away playing Britney Spears "3".

All of a sudden we hit some turbulence and the plane started to go funny. The safety belts light came on but then flashed of again in quick succession. All of a sudden there was chaos the plane just dropped out of the sky and Sam the pilot came screaming out of the cabin on fire screaming " i never passed my flying exams". He then proceeded to jump out of the parachute hatch into the sea below and no doubt to his death. Then everyone started to jump out. We were still probably about 200 metres from sea level so I left it until the last minute to jump. I leaped out far from the plane with my pack on my back. I hit the water and it felt like concrete. All the wind was squeezed from my lungs and I new that the end was near..

But somehow I resurfaced. I gulped for air as i was pulled along in a current. Wait does the sea have steady flows through it like this? I was stuck in a rip. i was dragged along passed a beach line and round a point in an island I recognized the point! We had fell only 200 metres of the coast of Matainui Island. I kept moving around until there was another beach line so i pulled my self out of the rip which had died down a lot. I swam into shore were i found my friends Asser, Ben and Jordan O. No one else was in site. We were lost...

All of a sudden there was a rustle in the bushes and something was moving between the trees and greenery. It was then I collapsed......

My Groups 10 Items

Mr Woodcock has stated that we are only allowed to take 10 items each. I will state my groups items here.

My Group: Element Master and Mouse Wheel

Mouse Wheels Items:

2 Man Tent
2 Litre Water bottle
Gas BBQ and LPG Bottle
Tarpauline
Hunting/ Survival Knife
Ball Of Nylon String
Butane Lighter
Fry Pan
Box Of 1000 Nails
Flint

Element Master Items:

2 Litre Water bottle
Slingshot With Replacement Slings
Ball Bearings
Roll of rubbish bags
Fishing Rod
Tackle Box
Survival Kit
Hatchet
2 x Camp Stretcher

We have not stated sleeping bags because there is a type of bag that has a built in sleeping bag that we are able to get our hands on!