The walkers arrived at Te Pahu at 10.15pm last night, very tired and dusty after a long walk from Hamilton where they got away with literally camping in their little tents in Garden Place in the centre of town for two nights. To their total surprise nobody booted them off the soft green lawn of well tended grass and the worst they had to put up with was when Heather, who was sleeping with her head outside the tent facing the stars, got a face full of high pressure water when the "sprinkler" system came on in the morning. (She said it was more like a fire hose than a sprinkler.) Woke her up with a dash! "There is neither drought nor sprinkler ban in Garden Place it seems", she thought. The weather has been helping them carry the "Climate Change" message in a frightening way by delivering a terrible drought with brown hillsides and even a grass fire raging as they passed along. People everywhere along the way have consequently been most supportive of the task they are doing.

They stay here in Te Pahu until tomorrow morning when they head off to Te Awamutu. They have set up "Climate Camp" and have invited the Te Pahu community to come and talk to them this evening about their environmental causes. Today has been spent canvassing in the area.

Climate change camp in Huntly
With the tamariki at Rangiriri School. From left, Heather and Henry. Mick and Catherine to the right of the car.
Heather sings environmental songs she has written (see songs page)
Heather with Mick en route
Climate Camp in Te Pahu -She was wearing such a beautific expression our photo-processor couldn't resist revealing her aura
With young supporters along the way.
The skin missing from Heather's heel on the way into Hamilton, was growing back quite well by the time she reached Te Pahu
A long way to go
"Help me! Help me! They've tied me to the railroad tracks and there's a traaaaaaaaaaaaain coming."