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 * **Aongatete Camp Book** ||
 * Title Page ||  1  ||  Map Reading - Compass  ||  20  ||
 * Contents Page ||  2  ||  Bush Survival  ||  21  ||
 * Camp Book Expectations ||  3  ||  Leaf identification chart (2)  ||  22  ||
 * Road map to Camp ||  4  ||  Pre camp drawings  ||  23  ||
 * Map of Camp ||  5  ||  Bush Walk - Nature Identified  ||  24  ||
 * Camp Program ||  6  ||  Bush Walk - sketches and rubbings  ||  24  ||
 * Behaviour Contract - signed ||  7  ||  Native Creatures (2 pages)  ||  25/26  ||
 * Equipment List ||  8  ||  Native Birds (2 pages)  ||  27/28  ||
 * Activities - My team & Program ||  9  ||  First Aid  ||  29  ||
 * Team Slogan and Chant ||  10  ||  Rock wall Climbing  ||  30  ||
 * My Bunk - Team & Guidelines ||  11  ||  Hobo Stove  ||  31  ||
 * My Duty - Team & Guidelines ||  12  ||  Bush Pool Sketches  ||  32  ||
 * Environmental Care ||  13  ||  Concert Item  ||  33  ||
 * Pre-Camp Thoughts ||  14  ||  Day 1 Reflection  ||  34  ||
 * My Camp Goals and Assessment ||  15  ||  Day 2 Reflection  ||  35  ||
 * Bush Tramp Rules ||  16  ||  Day 3 Reflection  ||  36  ||
 * Backpack Equipment ||  17  ||  Post-Camp Thoughts  ||  37  ||
 * Tents ||  18  ||  Signature Page  ||  38  ||
 * How to Safely Cross a River ||  19  ||  Comment Pages (2)  ||  39/40  ||

**__Parts of a Typical Orienteering Compass__**

1. Safety cord. 2. Compass housing 3. Orienteering lines 4. Magnetic needs, liquid damped, north point marked in red and luminous. 5. North point on dial. 6. Magnifying glass. 7. Direction of travel arrow. 8. Scales in inches and centimetres. 9. Transparent base plate. 10. Luminous dots. 11. Orienting arrow. 12. Dial graduation

Rivers are probably the greatest hazard you will encounter in the NZ outdoors.

//"Ask yourself 'Do I need to cross?' No one has ever starved to death by waiting in a hut for a flooded river to subside."//Senior Constable Niall Shepherd

**River levels rise quickly after heavy rain**, but they also tend to go down fast. **Don't cross a river ...**
 * If the river is in **flood**
 * If the river is **moving such as logs or boulders**
 * If the water is so discoloured that **you cannot see the bottom**
 * If the water is **flowing faster than you can walk.** Throw in a stick and walk alongside it as it floats downstream to establish how fast the river is flowing
 * If **you feel uncomfortable** about crossing

**Choose a crossing ...**
 * Where there is an **easy entry point** on your bank and an **easy exit point** on the far bank
 * Where the **river is shallowest**. Looks for **wider** parts of the river or where it **splits** into more than one channel. Rivers are usually deepest and fastest where they narrow or on the outside of bends.
 * Where there is **safe footing** underwater. Avoid large boulders and logs and watch out for slippery algae.
 * That has a **safe run-out**. Look downstream, could you safely swim for at least 200 metres?

Crossing tips **For safe and happy river crossings...**
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Cross on a slight **downstream** angle. Do not try to fight the river
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Take **short steps**, keep your feet a shoulder width apart
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Take care**, don't rush
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Take off heavy clothing such as jackets and water proof or baggy trousers. They will drag in the current and also make it hard to swim should you fall
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Water-proof your pack**, line it with a plastic bag or some sort of dry liner, and twist off the top of the bag to seal it
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Keep your boots ON!** Wet feet won't kill you but loosing your footing and falling in could.
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Ensure that you will **be able to quickly undo your backpack** if you fall in. **Undo your chest/sternum strap** but keep your waist belt snug to help with stability and to prevent your pack riding up over your head if you fall in.

<span style="color: #384460; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Alone <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Use a **pole** on your **upstream side** as a support and face across the current towards the other side. Hold the pole with both hands. If the current is strong lean harder upstream on the pole. The ideal pole is stout and about your own height. If you have two trekking poles you can hold both of them together. Place one pole in front of you and the other upstream of you. **Only move one pole or foot at a time**. If you need to retreat, turn downstream, and carefully move back to the shore. Crossing alone is substantially more dangerous than crossing in a group and should only be done with care in easier crossings (say below knee depth and flowing slower than walking pace, with a safe runout).

<span style="color: #384460; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In a group <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**Link yourselves together** by reaching through the gap **between the back and backpack** of your neighbours. Then grab a firm hold of their backpack shoulder strap where it joins the bottom of their backpack on the side opposite you as shown in the photograph. Position your **strongest members at each end** of the group. If a person loses their footing it is essential that everyone **retains their hold** on each other. Keep the group **parallel with the river flow** at all times. If you need to retreat, walk carefully backwards until you are in a safe depth then turn around. The use of ropes is inadvisable and has caused many drownings in the past.

<span style="color: #384460; font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Falling into a river <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you fall or are swept off your feet you need to **react quickly and aggressively**. <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">**If you fall in...**
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">If you are in a group **hold on to each other and lean back onto your backpacks**
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">If you are alone **roll onto your back and face downstream**
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Keep your feet together and near the surface** to avoid foot entrapment
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Lean back** to keep your pack down under you for floatation. **If your pack pushes you underwater, unclip your waist belt and remove the pack**
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">With your feet still facing downstream, point you shoulders towards the closest shore and 'ferry glide' towards it by backswimming with your arms (in a group only the people at the ends of your group can use their arms)
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">**Don't try to stand up until you have run aground in shallow**, safe water. Take your upstream arm out of your pack straps and let the current swing the pack to your downstream side. In a group only one person should try to sand up at a time
 * <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Don't try to re cross immediately. Work out what went wrong and consider again if it is safe to cross

http://www.enhg.org/bulletin/b32/32_02.htm

Mangrove labelled diagram

1. Definition of an Estuary. 2. Estuary Diagram with labels. Entry and exit water sources. Plants and Creatures.

Estuary information:

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/estuaries/kids/about/what.htm

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