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What has twin V8 engines with jet units that allow it to manoeuvre in the most unlikely way?

The jet boats at Thrill seekers Canyon. They can turn sharp u turns, do donuts, instantly change direction and travel in ankle-deep water! Plus it reaches a top speed of 80 kmph! Crazy I know.

The boat ride speeds through narrow gorges, shallows and white water rapids for over 30km of exciting jet boating in Hanmer Springs.

Each boat can take 17 people at once.

If your parents are crazy enough to go, it will cost them $110 and $59 for you. But it’s worth it.

The whole boat trip will take about 30 to 40 minutes, and it goes out in most weather conditions. All you will need is a warm jacket and sunglasses.They provide the life jackets for all of the whanua from ages 3 to 103. Of course you don’t need worry too much about drowning because you’re in ankle-deep water most of the time.

Remember to hold on tight while you experience the famous Hamilton jet spin. Which is a 360 degree turn that they do right at the end.

So what is the Hamilton Jet?

The reason that it is called the Hamilton Jet is because the person who invented it was a kiwi man called Charles Hamilton. When he was growing up he would build rafts and canoes that he would float down stream on. To make it easier to get back up stream he would get his dog to tow him. To save his dog from having to tow the rafts he was wanting find a way to travel up steam in shallow rivers without propellers that would get wrecked on stony river beds.


The Hamilton Jet has an intake at the bottom of the boat which is where water enters and then zooms through a thing like a propeller inside the jet unit.Then it blasts out a steerable nozzle at high speed and this pushes the boat along.

If you get a chance to go jet boating i think you should go it's great fun and an awesome experience.

Fighting With My Sister.

Me and my sister fight allot, we manly fight when we're up stairs watching TV. Once I got so annoyed I slammed the to my parents room so hard that I made a hole in the wall, to make it even worse that's right even worse my dad had just painted the wall! And that's just one of the Meany times I have fort with my older sis, I've probably fort with he a trillion times. You see there was one time were I...No wait there was a time that... OK so not a trillion times but close to that number. But the only reason that I fight with her is because we both know it's safe, meaning me and my sister not my cat.

Mice

I'm going to write about our class pet mice using Edward De bono's six hats.

The white hat.
A few weeks ago Room Two got some mice from Nature Land. We had a vote to see who would go with Dave in his car to get the mice. I was one of the three people left in the vote but Stella ended up going.

Riddles

When you peel my skin I don't cry but you do. What am I?   An onion.

I run but I don't walk, I have a mouth but I don't talk, I have a bed but never lie. What am I?   A river.

I don't have lungs or a chest but I need air; I'm not alive but I grow; I don't have a mouth but I'm allergic to water. What am I?   A fire.


JOKES

A snobby man walks into an art gallery. He stops at one particular piece of art and says" I suppose this hideous monster is what you call modern art."
One of the staff says "No Sir. This is what we call a mirror".

Why do elphants never foget?  Because nobody tells them anything.

What always falls without  getting hurt?  Rain.
                  

Rubber band Powered Cars And Burn

On the 6th of August Room 2 is having try-outs for rubber band powered cars.The only things you are allowed to use are: rubber bands(one for powering), cardboard, two straws, two skewers and lastly some cellotape.
My Dad and I made a car and we tested it and it went about 10-17 metres!  I've also been making a car with Joe in my class. But when I was hot glue gunning the last wheel on, the hot glue dripped off the wheel, onto my thumb, then dripped off my thumb and onto my knee so I tried to get the glue off with my finger but it burnt it. The burn on my thumb burnt through 3 layers of skin. The one on my knee still has glue on it but hopefully should just come off, and the one on my finger was only a little burn but surprisingly it hurt the most.

Molly

Molly is my cat; she is a black and white long haired cat with a tail that looks like a raccoon's tail. She likes the rain/water, raw pasta, fish and orange. She also likes to play with rubber bands.