Monday – Friday, March 22-26, 2010
Wednesday the fire alarm went off, we were probably due for one since it happens a little over once a week. We are now learning about earthquakes in geography. The next big earthquake that’s due, along the Wellington Fault, will probably destroy the central business district. Most of this week has been working on homework. Friday we booked some of our mid-trimester break activities, including the rental car, Milford Sound overnight trip (we got the last three spots on the boat), and our tramping permits.
Break Planning
Saturday - Sunday, March 27-28, 2010
On Saturday, Raizel and I made french toast for breakfast, then I went with Nicole to get tramping gear for our trip. Spent the rest of the day working on homework.
Sunday was the Geography field trip. The first stop was Harcourt Park where we measured the Hutt River stream flow and terrace offsets along the Wellington Fault. Next we stopped at Pukerua Bay lookout. After that was Paraparaumu Beach, right across from Kapiti Island. Here we measured the dunes and calculated how fast the beach is growing. The final stop was Queen Elizabeth II park. The beach is shorter and the dunes are taller here because Kapiti was blocking the wind on the other beach. There was a shell bed here from Maori cooking 600-800 years ago, just one species of shell mixed with charcoal layered in the dunes.
Walking on the Wellington Fault
Measuring Hutt River stream flow
Calculating the growth rate of Paraparaumu Beach (Kapiti Island in the background)
Charcoal and shell bed
What Raizel and I think will happen to the central business district of Wellington in the next big earthquake:
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