Mrs Cook loves Olveston. She loves that it was gifted to the city of Dunedin (that's us - we are Dunedin), Mikayla thinks that's pretty cool too.
Nga thought the safe was cool, it reflects how spoiled the family was. Ben liked the dumb-waiter. Ellen thought it was interesting that the family is connected to Hallensteins , and Tōrea liked the carved bear in the entrance (vestibule). Ashleigh thought it was interesting that the master bedroom and guest room were designed exactly the same. Mikayla thought it was creepy that so many mirrors in the room faced you (trust Mikayla to look for the scary thing in the house). Amber thought it was cool that Dorothy had her own sitting room off her bedroom.
Cooper and Yang were impressed by the Olympic-sized billiard table upstairs.
Ellen was taken with the card room (with its Juliet window for spying on the hall below).
Sam liked the Fiat. Tōrea learned later that night that her great-grandfather was one of the chaffeurs that drove this car - wow!
Rache liked the Great Hall...
...but only because there was a sculpture of an Arabian horse in it.
In the middle of the day we had a quiz about Dunedin (Ōtepoti). Test how much you remember! Think of the answer before you click on the link to check if it's correct.
- When did Māori first settle in this area? 1200 AD, 1100 AD, 1000 AD, or 800 AD
- When did Captain Cook land on the coast of what is now Dunedin? 1770, 1780, 1790, 1810
- People started sealing and whaling here (eugh!), and then the population grew even more due to the ________________.
- Tourists prepare to visit a city by learning about its language, currency, culture, and climate (among many other things). What is Dunedin's average high (temperature) in January?
- Dunedin has four sister cities; name one.
In the afternoon, we walked to the Botanical Gardens. Firstly, because the gardens are one of Dunedin's attractions (plus, they're free!), and secondly, because Mrs Cook promised a Chocolate Hunt! Cadbury World does not run tours during ONE week of the 52 weeks in a year, and that week was elective week. So Mrs Cook decided if we couldn't go to Cadbury's, she'd bring Cadbury's to us.
We split into teams and raced around to find all of the cryptic images Mrs Cook gave us, for every item found and filled in we earned more sugary treats.
Brenden watched the fish in the ponds there, Ellen was giddy to have Mrs Thorburn along, and Mikayla pointed out it was a nice day for us (again). Rache enjoys feeding the ducks, Ursula liked the sugar, and Nga enjoyed finding the clues and getting the treasure for it (sugar).
Ellen, Rache and Ursula were the first team back.
Some of the girls got a little crazy about the sugar to be consumed (some were excited even in anticipation!). And well...there were tremors, giggles, twitches, songs, and human helicopters...no photo could capture the craziness of the reaction. We may have to post a video later.
And with the students in this state, Mrs Cook waved good-bye, and sent them home to their parents!
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