Visit at Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve

We visited Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve today. I've never been out snorkeling in a ocean/marine reserve. I thought it was going to be flat with little amount of rocks but I was wrong. The smell of Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve water raced into my nose and.... let's just say it didn't smell nice. Some time later my nose got used to the smell. Some minutes later we reached the spot we were snorkeling. We raced to the water (Because of excitement) , Washed the toothpaste out of our goggles and entered the sea.

 It was really rocky and there was lot of sea life and seaweed underwater. I struggled putting on my snorkeling mask so I was lagging behind. I finally put my snorkeling mask on and I caught up. I quickly put on my flippers and started swimming. I suddenly saw an octopus tentacle and everyone around me screamed, it felt like my ears started having a seizure just when they were screaming. Then an eel raced across the water! WOW! An sea slug, this place is filled with sea life! I've never seen something like this. Then I saw a fish. 

Flynn started feeling cold so we raced to the shore, but Josephine's mom offered to take Flynn to the shore because she was also taking other people to the shore. My snorkel started filling with water even though it was above water. I also felt cold and went with Flynn but he was far away. Then our adult supervising us ( Troy's dad) helped me to the shore. I took my flippers off but I got stuck because the seaweed was slippery and I kept on falling over. Luckily Troy's dad helped me and I went on the shore. We played on the beach and then we had to go dress up. 

When we arrived I  tried to get my bag but koka Rozie was still in the water and we couldn't dress up. Lots of waiting later Koka Rozie finally left the water, unlocked the car and I could dress up. As soon as I finished  dressing up I took my lunch box and opened it.  But the sand flies started chasing me and I couldn't eat. I packed my lunchbox in my bag and sat in a circle. We shared our highlights and got our stuff, and left. We had been at the marine reserve for 4 hours but it felt like 30 minutes.

 We arrived at school and went to kapa haka. It was an AMAZING trip at Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve. The end.