Settling into the Wardli’s

On the morning of Saturday the 7th of February we woke up at around 6:50am. We headed off to the shed where we were going to set off for the 3.4km run at 7:00am. The run was hard but because of my mum taking me on walks before I went to extended stay and because of the bike tour I was fit enough. My goal was to keep running and not stop for the whole run. I did it! My time was pretty good with 18 minutes and 21 seconds.

We then went back and ate our last breakfast outside of the Wardli. We headed out to the bus and Moff took us to the Minlaton IGA. This was where we were going to do our first shop. We had already made a list of what we wanted to eat so we just had to buy the groceries. We also decided to buy things like ice cream and Milo. We had to keep to our budget which was 10 dollars per person a day which equals to 490 dollars a week and we were buying stuff for the whole week. Shopping took around 2 hours to do. After everyone had finished shopping Moff and Dale allowed us to get a few things for ourselves. Many people bought Farmers Union Iced Coffee. We then set off back to Wambana.

We then unloaded the bus and brought the food to our Wardli’s. There were 4 Wardli’s. Two Wardli’s had seven people and two had six people. I was in a seven person Wardli. We unpacked the food and put it in the fridge and pantry. We then started making our lunch. I had a nice fritz sandwich. We then went to the classroom and discussed more things about how to live in the Wardli. After this we had free time. Most of us went to the deli while a few, including me, stayed at Wambana and didn’t really do anything. We then cooked our first meal in the Wardli. We were cooking roast beef. We accompanied the roast beef with roast potatoes and peas, carrots and corn which came in a frozen packet. This took us a while to cook but with Moff’s help we prevailed and had a lovely cooked roast on the table. The beef was a bit overcooked and dry but it was good enough for the first meal. We then went to the classroom and received our first letters from family and friends. We then got time to write a letter back and headed back to the Wardli and brushed our teeth. My Wardli was a bit slow though and we still had our lights on after lights out. Moff came in and told us that we were going to be sleeping in tents the next night.

The highs of the day were not stopping on the run, having a relaxing day, receiving a letter from mum and getting a good sleep.
The lows of the day were getting in trouble with Moff and the food shopping was pretty boring.