Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Copper Mines at Kawau.

Guess where we were last week? We weren't stuck in boring classrooms doing hard maths and difficult spelling,oh no, not us!We were on camp at Camp Bentzon, Kawau Island!

My favourite thing at camp was going to the copper mines! This mine was up and running in the 18 century where miners would dig for copper close to the sea.A pump house was built,which still stands today, to pump out the water when it started to flood!
The pump house is like a big, brick chimney next to the rocky beach.There is also the engine from the pump house on show as well!

I really enjoyed camp, because I was with my friends and people I know,I also got lots of photos.

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