Trip to Waiheke

On the 5th of August we went on a trip to Waiheke Island as part of our stairs and site exploration and research. We met at the pier at around 9:30 and got our tickets ready to board the ferry for our trip to Waiheke!

Our trip on the ferry got us spending 40 mins on a rocky boat and a very windy platform.
On the ferry, we looked at the stairs that were on the ferry and the parts we thought was interesting.

Upon arriving at Waiheke Island we were only given a few moments till we had to board a bus to go down to the beach for our very first task that we had to complete.

Unfortunately, because we only had two people in our group, we were split up to go to other teams. Here we met our client Cam and were supposed to create a set of stairs using the limited amount of material on the beach (and some chocolate as bribery!).

We got some stones from Cam as part of our reward for making such a unique set of stairs :)

In the end, becuase of the limited time given we weren't able to finish off our stairs but still came runner up!

After the stairs, Mike and Judy gave us their comments on our stairs and we had move off for our next task.

On the way to Mike's house, we had to count while climbing up the 170 (or was it 190) stairs. It was VERY tiring but the scenery was so worth it!

Finally lunch! Approximately half the group went on a trip into the forest to experience the utopian atmosphere and half stayed back to organise the food.

After lunch Mike showed us how to make cement and talked about the amazing project that he was going to complete with our help.

Finally, all work was finished, we headed out for the bus to catch the ferry!

Bye Waiheke, it was a tiring but fun day :)