My holiday diary.

My family and I did a trip in a campervan up to Nelson and some other places on the way.

Day 1.

After ballet Daddy picked up a campervan and we drove to Hanmer Springs. At Hanmer Springs we went to the lolly shop then we went to a playground. We went out for dinner and me and Emilie and Freya got burgers and chips then after that we rolled down some big hills at the duck pond. Then we went to the campsite and went to bed. I slept up the top of the campervan with my sister.

Day 2.

We went on a forest walk and found lots of wood carvings. The forest had crunchy dry leaves everywhere. The walk was called the forest amble walk. I saw a possum carving, mice carvings, a bear carving, an eagle carving, an ape, and a giant carving that was peeking from behind a tree. Freya was scared of it. I found an area with lots of trees that were cut down and that was sad. It started raining when we were doing the forest walk. Then we spent the rest of the day driving to Kaiteriteri. It rained the whole way. We stopped to see the big waterfall at Maruia. When we got to Kaiteriteri it wasn't raining anymore and we went to beach. It was a big beach and it was pretty and golden. There were little sand islands. We played in the water and found lots of shells. We had nachos for dinner and played game of life and went to bed.

Day 3.

We spent whole day at the beach and found islands and shells. There were lots of seagulls everywhere. The water splashed me and we made sandcastles and sand animals the waves were massive and the sand was golden and had bits of black sand under it. After that we went and got pizza and chips for lunch but we had to wait a long time for our food and ducks were under the table. We got chicken and cranberry pizza then we scooted to the playground and went back to the beach. I did cartwheels in the water it was really cool. The beach had splashing waves and soft sand and there were lots of starfish. We built a big sand castle and decorated it with lots of shells. We went back to the campervan and had Shepard's pie for dinner after that we played snap and went to bed.

Day 4.

We spent the day at the beach again. Me and Emilie and our dad went for a walk and found lots of shells everywhere. We saw a walkway with a lookout that looks like a balcony. After that we went back to the campervan and drove to a playground and then we went to split apple rock. It is called split apple rock because it is a boulder that is cut in half and looks like an apple.

Day 5.

We went on another forest walk and there was lots of stairs and green leaves on the ground. After we drove to nelson went to kmart and got onesies and new shoes then we went to saw Nana and Poppa after Nana wanted to go back to her rest home because she didn't feel well.

Day 6,

It was Poppas birthday we made him cards and gave him chocolate kiwifruit and sung him happy birthday. We had breakfast and then we picked Nana up and took her for a drive in the campervan. At the end of the day we drove to Picton and when we got there we went to the aquarium before it closed. We got to pat a Tuatara when the lady got it out for us.

Day 7.

We woke up and had breakfast then went to the aquarium again. We had a tour and saw turtles, puffer fish, seahorses, stingrays, paua, starfish and heaps of other stuff. We fed the paua bits of seaweed and it was actually nori from sushi. We went out for lunch and got a hot  chocolate and chips but Freya got a fluffy  then we went on a  boat cruise  and saw birds and seals  and  dolphins  we  stopped at lots of  different places and saw lots of different  types of  dolphins like  dusky dolphins and common dolphins   we got to do coloring on the boat  after that we  arrived at Motuara  Island we had to pick  to  go to the bird bath  or do a big walk that leads to a lookout. What would you pick? I picked the walk and I saw a little blue penguin we saw lots of birds and lots of pretty views. When we got to the lookout there was a great view, then we walked back to the boat and had some hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies. Then we drove back to Picton but we had to drop some people off at a resort that you can get to by boat. It was called the bay of many coves. Then we went back to Picton on the way back we saw dusky dolphins, common dolphins, and seals swimming under and beside the boat. Then we got back to the campervan and had mcdonalds for tea. Then we drove to Kaikoura and went to bed.

Day 8.

We saw seals and we drove to Christchurch and returned the campervan.  I loved our campervan holiday and I hope we can do it again. 

By Indiana.