Today at Nature Discovery we decided to have another go at catching eels in Grayson's hinaki. On our way to Nature Discovery we had stopped off at the butchers shop for some eel meat. Our butchers love hearing about how we take the children eeling and generously keep us well stocked in suitable meat. Today it was sausages and mutton. We loaded up the hinaki and Armani asked if she could toss it in and she did a great job, taking care not to topple in with it!. Then we had to wait...a long time so some of us disappeared up the hill to go sliding and abseiling.
After a while the excited call came to say that we had an eel, most of us rushed to investigate the catch. Some of us were comparing it in size to previous eels and we all agreed it was a baby one and nowhere near the size of our old friend Barnaby. As we let it go were able to see how its slime helps it to move across the mud so it can make it back to the stream.
Through our eeling adventures our tamariki continue to develop a deeper understanding about eels, their habitat and how to treat them with respect. With each visit we are rewarded with some fantastic eels and they are now getting used to hearing us and will often come up close to the edge of the pool to get a closer look.
The swing was also popular today with Grayson, Hauiti and Serj creating a little game around it, there was so much laughter and fun that I just had to include this little movie.
Written by Cassandra
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